Barack Obama: “Education is your ticket, and that education's not going to happen just because you show up.”

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.

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

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.