Barack Obama: “Make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.”

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

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…