Barack Obama: “We're missing opportunities for us to create safer communities through drug diversion and treatment.”

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

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

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.

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