Barack Obama: “I'm honored and humbled to stand before you as Commander in Chief of the finest military the world has ever known.”

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.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.

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.