Barack Obama: “As Theodore Roosevelt once put it, I'm asking you to 'do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.'”

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away"

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.

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

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.