Barack Obama: “We know that positive news for the economy as a whole means little if you've lost your job and can't find another.”

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

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.

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