Barack Obama: “The leaders condemned the Assad regime's continued use of indiscriminate violence against the Syrian people.”

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

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.

At least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people.

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