Barack Obama: “I'm running because I believe nobody in America should go broke because they get sick.”

it was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.

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.

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 designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.