Barack Obama: “We're no longer going down the conservative path. We're going to go down a much more progressive or liberal path.”

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.

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

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

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.