Barack Obama: “As long as I'm President, we will make sure you and your loved ones receive the benefits you've earned and the respect…”

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

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.

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.

I was a little tall for it.