Barack Obama: “Our fight goes on because we know that this Nation cannot succeed without a growing and thriving middle class.”

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.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.