Barack Obama: “I urge the Governors of the 50 States, and the officials of all other areas under the flag of the United States to…”

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

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.

helped lead some of the most significant movements for change in human history

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away