Barack Obama: “All we need to do is harness the potential that has always been central to our success.”

I’m going to insist that we can do better than we’re doing right now.

Use that hope to make a difference. Get involved.

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.

People need to “rediscover what’s the story we tell about how we’re going to live together, and see each other, and recognise each other, and disagree, and yet, still care for each other”.