Barack Obama: “What we want is simply that people aren't hanging out in Afghanistan who are plotting to bomb the United States.”

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

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.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.