Barack Obama: “That is why I will ask my team to think anew and act anew to meet our new challenges.”

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.

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

it was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.