Barack Obama: “This campaign has always been about you and what you guys can accomplish when you're working together.”

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.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.