Barack Obama: “We can't afford to gut our investments in education or clean energy or research and technology.”

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

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.

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.