Barack Obama: “From some on the right, I expect we`ll hear a different argument. If we just make fewer investments in our people…”

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

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

It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.