Barack Obama: “And in that spirit, I want to welcome my friend Chancellor Merkel.”

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

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect.

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

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.