Barack Obama: “I personally cannot claim Italian ancestry, although my name ends in a vowel.”

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.

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

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