Barack Obama: “I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and recommit ourselves to the goal of…”

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.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

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