Barack Obama: “We believe in the sacredness and dignity of the individual.”

it was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

I hope this center will serve as an affirmation of just how special, how precious our democracy truly is.

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.