Barack Obama: “Our safety is not directly threatened, but our interests and values are.”

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

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

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

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.