Barack Obama: “You elected me to do what's right.”

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.

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.

We don’t have any folks who grill here?

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.