Barack Obama: “We must maintain the trust of the American people, and people around the world.”

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

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

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

The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.