Barack Obama: “Greater political modernization must now accompany Kazakhstan's economic modernization.”

never talks that way when they are in the same room.

Of course, we did not accomplish everything we set out to do. No administration does. Some of the exhibits reflect unfinished business, in some cases, my own shortcomings and mistakes, in some cases because - as a sign I kept on the…

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.

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