Barack Obama: “We hope for a quick adoption to both endorse the deal and to lay the groundwork for its successful implementation.”

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

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

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

I was a little tall for it.