Barack Obama: “Today the seed money we provided has helped leverage substantial private investment.”

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.