Barack Obama: “we celebrate America's minority enterprises, renew our commitment to helping them grow, and look with pride toward the…”

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.

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.

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away"

I was a little tall for it.