Barack Obama: “The proposal in H.R. 807, which chooses which bills to pay, is a deeply irresponsible approach that is simply default by…”

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

The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.

When we choose, when we make that decision, I do believe – and there is evidence for this – that the world gets incrementally better, and that is a worthy goal and it’s worth fighting for.