Barack Obama: “I have no higher privilege and no greater honor than serving as your Commander in Chief.”

it was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

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

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