Barack Obama: “I think the argument right now would be that because people are feeling the stresses of globalization and rapid change…”

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.

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

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

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.