“Our democracy will not work without the sense that everyone has an economic opportunity.”— Barack Obama, youtube.com
“Democracy does not require uniformity. Our founders argued, quarreled, eventually they compromised. And they expected us to do the same. But they knew that democracy does require a basic sense of solidarity. The idea that for all our outward differences, we are all in this together. We all rise and…”— Barack Obama, youtube.com
“By almost every measure, America is a better, stronger place than when we started.”— Barack Obama, youtube.com
“That's what we mean when we say our nation has been exceptional. Not that we've been flawless from the start, but that we've been able to change.”— Barack Obama, youtube.com
“Tonight it is my turn to say thanks. Whether we have seen eye-to-eye, or rarely agreed at all, the conversations I have had with you [...] have kept me honest, kept me inspired, and kept me going. And every day I have learned from you”— Barack Obama, youtube.com
“You can tell that I'm a lame duck, because nobody is following instructions! Everyone have a seat.”— Barack Obama, youtube.com
“This loss hurts. But please never stop believing that fighting for what’s right is worth it.”— Hillary Clinton, facebook.com
“To Barack and Michelle Obama, our country owes you an enormous debt of gratitude. We thank you for your graceful, determined leadership.”— Hillary Clinton, facebook.com
“Apparently his campaign has taken away his Twitter. They had so little confidence in his self-control they said, 'We're just going to take away your Twitter.' If somebody can't handle a Twitter account, they can't handle the nuclear codes.”— Barack Obama, cnn.com
“[Obama dispels protestor] All right, I think we’re okay now. I notice this has been happening everywhere, and I keep on telling folks you’ve got to organize your own rallies. If you’re confident about the other guy, just go to his rallies. I feel confident about my candidate. That’s why I’m at this…”— Barack Obama, newsweek.com
“And I told you then, eight years ago, that I wasn’t a perfect person and I wasn’t going to be a perfect President, but what I guaranteed you, though, was that I would work every single day as hard as I could to make sure that working families all across this country got a better deal.”— Barack Obama, newsweek.com
“I mean, so many people, you know, they're just worried about, you can't say something bad about Obama, not because you actually have a strong stance against his platform, but because that makes you a racist. Like, that in itself is racism. Like, it's so, you know, it's so ridiculous and that's what…”— Donald Trump Jr., money.cnn.com
“The presidency is a relay race, requiring each of us to do our part to bring the country closer to its highest aspirations.”— Barack Obama, economist.com
“A capitalism shaped by the few and unaccountable to the many is a threat to all. Economies are more successful when we close the gap between rich and poor and growth is broadly based. A world in which 1% of humanity controls as much wealth as the other 99% will never be stable.”— Barack Obama, economist.com
“This is the paradox that defines our world today. The world is more prosperous than ever before and yet our societies are marked by uncertainty and unease.”— Barack Obama, economist.com
“Some of the discontent is rooted in legitimate concerns about long-term economic forces. Decades of declining productivity growth and rising inequality have resulted in slower income growth for low- and middle-income families. Globalisation and automation have weakened the position of workers and th…”— Barack Obama, economist.com
“The anti-immigrant, anti-Mexican, anti-Muslim and anti-refugee sentiment expressed by some Americans today echoes nativist lurches of the past—the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, the Know-Nothings of the mid-1800s, the anti-Asian sentiment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and any number o…”— Barack Obama, economist.com