Barack Obama: “If you are a lobbyist entering my administration, you will not be able to work on matters you lobbied on or in the…”

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.

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

I was a little tall for it.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.