Well, don't be discouraged . . .

from remarks by the President at DNC Fundraising Dinner: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-dnc-fundraising-dinner



" . . . Change is easy if you're just talking about tinkering around the edges. Change is harder when you actually dig in and try to deal with the structural problems that have impeded our progress for too long. This is where we run headlong into the lobbyists and the special interests, and the bitterness and misinformation that characterizes so much of our politics -- which means that some of you may be feeling discouraged, because it feels like things have taken longer than you might have expected.

Well, don't be discouraged. I'm not discouraged. I knew this was going to take a long time, but I knew the fight was worth it. And we've got to keep up on this fight. The forces of the status quo, they may not give an inch, but I don't give an inch either. And you shouldn't give an inch either. (Applause.) We didn't come this far to put things off, or to play it safe, or to take the easy road. That wasn't why we were elected. We came here to solve problems -- for the next generation, not for the next election . . .




full transcript: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-dnc-fundraising-dinner