Barack Obama: “My Administration is committed to ensuring that the Federal Government serves the American people with the utmost…”

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.

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

She knew she was going to mess me up, and she did it anyway.

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.