Barack Obama: “I will fight for you and your families every single day as hard as I know how.”

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.

She knew she was going to mess me up, and she did it anyway.

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.