Barack Obama: “I encourage Americans to take advantage of the chance to rediscover the great outdoors and reconnect with the American…”

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

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.