Barack Obama: “As the extraordinary writer Octavio Paz wrote in one of his poems, you must 'deserve your dream.'”

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.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

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

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.