Barack Obama: “Jane D. Hartley, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the…”

The essence of Prop. 50 is to say that if you are going to play that game, then we are going to try to counteract that abuse of the system.

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.

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.