Barack Obama: “I am confident they will represent our country with honor at home and abroad.”

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

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

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.

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