Barack Obama: “Let us pray that those little girls lead us today like they led this nation back then.”

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

helped lead some of the most significant movements for change in human history

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…

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.