Barack Obama: “That means looking at every program and tax break in the budget--every single one--to find places to cut waste and save…”

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

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.

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.