Obama: ‘What Makes America Great’ Is the ‘Progress’ Founding Documents ‘Inspired’

"She said the joy of being an American is the joy of freedom and opportunity. We've been handed a work in progress, one that can evolve for the good of all Americans. I couldn't have said it better. That is what makes America great. Not just the words on these founding documents, as precious and valuable as they are, but the progress they've inspired. 

Did you ever wonder whether America is big enough to hold multitudes, strong enough to withstand the forces of change, brave enough to live up to our ideals even in times of trial? Then look to the generations of ordinary citizens who have proven again and again that we are worthy of that. That's our great inheritance what ordinary people have done to build this country and make these words live."