Barack Obama: “Tonight Senate Republicans voted to block the Buffett Rule choosing once again to protect tax breaks for the wealthiest…”

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.

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.

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

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.