Barack Obama: “Our own safety, our own security depends on our willingness to do what it takes to defend this Nation.”

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.