Barack Obama: “With rights come responsibilities and burdens, and it's not always comfortable, and you can't always make everybody…”

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

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.

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

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power