Barack Obama: “It makes us proud, and it makes us inspired.”

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.

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

We don’t have any folks who grill here?

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