Barack Obama: “We are incredibly grateful to those people, because that's the reason we can continue to open offices in many states…”

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

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

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect.

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.