Barack Obama: “The American dream isn't something that happens to you - it's something you strive for and work for and seize with your…”

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.