Barack Obama: “We're going to need to see the American people get engaged in this debate.”

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

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.

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