Barack Obama: “It’s time to reconcile our values and principles as a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws.”

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.

She knew she was going to mess me up, and she did it anyway."