Barack Obama: “This is the American Jobs Act. It will lead to new jobs for construction workers, for teachers, for veterans, for first…”

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

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

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

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