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" I believe in the American people. I believe that people are more good than bad. I believe tragic things happen, I think there's evil in the world, but I think that at the end of the day, if we work hard, and if we're true to those things in us that feel true and feel right, that the world gets a little better each time.
That’s what this presidency has tried to be about. And I see that in the young people I’ve worked with. I couldn’t be prouder of them. And so this is not just a matter of “No Drama Obama” -- this is what I really believe. It is true that behind closed doors I curse more than I do publicly. (Laughter.) And sometimes I get mad and frustrated, like everybody else does. But at my core, I think we're going to be okay. We just have to fight for it. We have to work for it, and not take it for granted. And I know that you will help us do that.

Thank you very much, press corps. Good luck." President Obama at his last news conference

“Yes, our progress has been uneven. The work of democracy has always been hard, contentious and sometimes bloody,” he said. “For every two steps forward, it often feels we take one step back. But the long sweep of America has been defined by forward motion, a constant widening of our founding creed to embrace all, and not just some.” President Obama

Professor Arnold Shober from Lawrence University joined the show to preview Governor Scott Walker's State of the State address and President Barack Obama's farewell speech.

President Barack Obama used his last Veterans Day speech to urge Americans to learn from the example of veterans as a divided nation seeks to "forge unity" after the bitter 2016 campaign. Veterans Day often comes on the heels of hard-fought campaigns that "lay bare disagreements across our nation.But the American instinct has never been to find isolation in opposite corners, It is to find strength in our common creed, to forge unity from our great diversity, to maintain that strength and unity even when it is hard. Now that the election is over, "as we search for ways to come together, to reconnect with one another and with the principles that are more enduring than transitory politics, some of our best examples are the men and women we salute on Veterans Day." NBC News

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