Barack Obama: “Lawrence E. Strickling, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.”

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

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

there will be no kings