Barack Obama: “Opportunity is who we are. And the defining project of our generation is to restore that promise.”

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

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.

We don’t have any folks who grill here?

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.