Barack Obama: “I intend to keep fighting for this kind of balance and fairness until the other side starts listening.”

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

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

People need to “rediscover what’s the story we tell about how we’re going to live together, and see each other, and recognise each other, and disagree, and yet, still care for each other”.

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