Barack Obama: “We agreed that Africa's growth depends, first and foremost, on continued reforms in Africa, by Africans.”

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

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.

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

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.