Barack Obama: “Their only mission is to fight for you.”

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

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.

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.

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