Barack Obama: “That's why on Monday, the President signed an executive order protecting LGBT workers from discrimination.”

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.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

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