Barack Obama: “Aaron Paul Dworkin, of Michigan, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3…”

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.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

helped lead some of the most significant movements for change in human history

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.