Barack Obama: “They're going to try to make you afraid of me. They're going to say, you know what? He's young and inexperienced and…”

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.

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect."

it was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.

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.