Barack Obama: “The United States will always stand up for these aspirations at home and abroad, and we will join our global partners in…”

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

The essence of Prop. 50 is to say that if you are going to play that game, then we are going to try to counteract that abuse of the system.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power