Barack Obama: “Americans don't want to go back to the same policies that we had for the last decade.”

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

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

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

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