I've never seen a civil rights law or a health care bill or an immigration bill result because a car got burnt. It happened because people vote. It happened because people mobilized. It happened because people organize, it happens because people look at what are the best policies to solve the problem. That's how you actually move something forward.
President Obama emphasizes the importance of voting and organized efforts in enacting change, criticizing the actions of rioters.
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No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.
Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.
This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.
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