Barack Obama: “I urge Congress to pass this agreement so that the payroll tax cut we put in place last year will not expire at the end…”

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

never talks that way when they are in the same room.

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.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power