Barack Obama: “One of the things that I don't get a chance to do as often as I'd like is just to have a conversation with somebody who…”

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.

That's what I hope every visitor to this center takes away from their experience.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.