Barack Obama: “We stay focused on who we are as a people and what our values are all about.”

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

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.

I obviously have a room in his head.

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.