Barack Obama: “Together, all Americans must cultivate moral fortitude, preach tolerance, and demonstrate the value of respect for those…”

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.

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

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.