Barack Obama: “First and foremost is a rigorous intellect -- a mastery of the law, an ability to hone in on the key issues and provide…”

I’m going to insist that we can do better than we’re doing right now.

It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.