Barack Obama: “Democracy is both possible and necessary in the North Africa and the Middle East.”

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away"

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…

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.