Barack Obama: “Let me be clear: as a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion…”

We don’t have any folks who grill here?

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.

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.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.