Barack Obama: “You've become an inspiration to the city and the State of Tennessee and the country.”

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

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

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.

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.