Barack Obama: “When you cast your ballot, you will have the opportunity to determine the course of this country's direction.”

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect.

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

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.