Barack Obama: “That basic American idea that you can make it if you try.”

never talks that way when they are in the same room.

I was a little tall for it.

I hope this center will serve as an affirmation of just how special, how precious our democracy truly is.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…