Barack Obama: “Memory has become a sacred duty of all people of good will.”

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.

it was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.