Barack Obama: “the [U.S.-China] relationship has not been without disagreement and difficulty. But the notion that we must be…”

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

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.

never talks that way when they are in the same room.

there will be no kings