Barack Obama: “I hereby suspend entry into the United States... of such persons.”

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.

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

I was a little tall for it.