Barack Obama: “If we want to overcome our economic challenges, we must also finally address your health care challenge.”

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.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

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

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