It's a great thing about not being office—you can just say whatever you want. - Bill Clinton

At the end of the Constitutional Convention, a citizen asked Benjamin Franklin what kind of government our founders had given us. He replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” That’s a job no president can do alone. It’s up to all of us to keep it. And to make the most of it.

A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.

I end tonight where it all began for me: I still believe in a place called Hope.