Barack Obama: “Today the Senate passed a strong bipartisan bill to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act.”

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.

Of course, we did not accomplish everything we set out to do. No administration does. Some of the exhibits reflect unfinished business, in some cases, my own shortcomings and mistakes, in some cases because - as a sign I kept on the…

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.