Barack Obama: “I oppose these provisions, as I have in years past, and will continue to work with the Congress to remove these…”

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.

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 obviously have a room in his head.

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