Barack Obama: “The authority of our system comes not just from elected leaders, but from active citizens.”

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.