Barack Obama: “A healthy, vibrant democracy depends on the full participation of its citizens, and that's something we can all agree…”

I was a little tall for it.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.

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.