What is important is that we make sure to work together, that we understand our strength comes from unity and not division.

The pain I felt was my father's pain.

We are growing the economy in smart ways and rebuilding our infrastructure and investing in science and development and that we stay true to those values that helped to get us here.

America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.

And there’s been drift in Afghanistan over the last couple of years. That’s something that we intend to fix this.

Corporations aren’t people. People are people.

The values that we share - freedom of speech, freedom of religious practice, freedom for civil society, free and fair elections, all the innovation that's been created through a market-based economy - those things are ultimately going to be the path for us to continue into a better future. I hope that, despite some of the challenges we have, that people appreciate that.