Barack Obama: “We know that, if we do not act, a bad situation will become dramatically worse. Crisis could turn into catastrophe for…”

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

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.

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

The success of this experiment was never a given.