Barack Obama: “Everyone needs to tighten their belts, and that includes public sector employees.”

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

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.