Barack Obama: “We will not abandon them.”

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

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

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.

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.