Barack Obama: “May 17, 1954, marked a turning point in America's journey toward a more perfect Union.”

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

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

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.

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