Barack Obama: “We have to make sure that every business and every worker in America is playing by the same set of rules.”

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

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.