Barack Obama: “Behind the law there are stories--stories of people's lives as shaped by the law, stories of people's lives as might be…”

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

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

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

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