Barack Obama: “There were a number of members of Congress who had voted no that I talked to.”

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect."

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

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.

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