“It’s about being able to look your kid in the eye and say, ‘Honey, it’s going to be okay’ and mean it.”

Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address. The United States Congress

[Excerpts from the speech]

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When world leaders ask me to define America — and they do, believe it or not — I say I can define it in one word, and I mean this: possibilities. We don’t think anything is beyond our capacity. Everything is a possibility.

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Fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict gets us nowhere.

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I know a lot of you always kid me for always quoting my dad. But my dad used to say, “Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck.” He really would say this. “It’s about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity. It’s about respect. It’s about being able to look your kid in the eye and say, ‘Honey, it’s going to be okay’ and mean it.”