Barack Obama: “We are now taking the next step.”

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect."

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

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

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