Barack Obama: “We want to talk to Congress about the AUMF as we approach the end of the year.”

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

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.