Barack Obama: “Progress is rarely easy, and I know people in this room understand that.”

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.

The American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.