Barack Obama: “I've met with the families of some of those folks. Nobody is content.”

The success of this experiment was never a given.

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.

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.

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