Barack Obama: “Dropping out of high school is no longer an option. It's not just quitting on yourself. It's quitting on your country.…”

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

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.

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

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