Barack Obama: “These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with.”

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.

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

I was a little tall for it.