Barack Obama: “The truth is on your side on this, and this is a righteous cause.”

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.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

At least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people.

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away