Barack Obama: “Our hearts are broken by their sudden passing.”

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

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 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.