Barack Obama: “We call on President Asad to change course now and heed the calls of his own people.”

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

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.

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.