Barack Obama: “We are acting as reluctant shareholders, because that is the only way to help GM succeed.”

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.

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power