WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Barack Obama sought on Sunday to calm a nation put on edge by the California shootings, in a rare address to the nation on the threat posed by the Islamic State group.

Here are the most memorable quotes from Obama’s address from the Oval Office, his third since coming to power:

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