Barack Obama: “Today we honor you, we celebrate you, and most of all, we have a chance to say thank you.”

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

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.

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.

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.