Barack Obama: “I want to welcome my friend Dmitry Medvedev to my birthplace, Honolulu, Hawaii.”

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

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

It was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.

The success of this experiment was never a given.