U.S. President Barack Obama gives the commencement address to the graduating class of The Ohio State University at Ohio Stadium on May 5, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo: Getty Images)
"Still, you’ll hear voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more
than some separate, sinister entity that’s the root of all our problems,
even as they do their best to gum up the works;
or that tyranny always lurks just around the corner.
"You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave, creative,
unique experiment in self-rule is just a sham with which we can’t be trusted."