Barack Obama: “I find the great things in this world--is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”

helped lead some of the most significant movements for change in human history

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.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

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