Barack Obama: “That understanding of law, not as an intellectual exercise or words on a page, but as it affects the lives of ordinary…”

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

never talks that way when they are in the same room.

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.