Barack Obama: “Today, if you want to take out a mortgage or a student loan... you have somewhere to go.”

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

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