Barack Obama: “We continue to believe, first and foremost, that any of the parties -- all of the parties should refrain from violence.”

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.

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

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