Barack Obama: “Tonight, thanks to the grit and determination of the American people, there is much progress to report.”

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.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

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