Barack Obama: “It's only by coming together to do what people need done, that we will in Lincoln's words, "lift artificial weights from…”

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.

We don’t have any folks who grill here?

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.

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