Barack Obama: “The United States will continue to stand up for the rights of the Egyptian people.”

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.

She knew she was going to mess me up, and she did it anyway.

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