Barack Obama: “We want to go forward. We don't want to go backwards.”

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

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