Barack Obama: “Governments have a special responsibility to make proper rules and promote good governance.”

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

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 shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.