Barack Obama: “We shouldn’t be the world's policeman and we can’t eradicate every cruelty and injustice in the world. But America can…”

There will be no kings

The American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.

A belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power