Barack Obama: “I signed a law that will cut nearly $1 trillion of spending over the next 10 years.”

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

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.

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…