Barack Obama: “We simply cannot pretend that we can drill our way out of this problem.”

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away"

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

The success of this experiment was never a given.