Barack Obama: “American families do not get to choose which bills to pay and which ones not to pay, and the United States Congress…”

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

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

The success of this experiment was never a given.