Barack Obama: “That's the principle that's guided my administration over the past four and a half years.”

We don’t have any folks who grill here?

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

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

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.