Barack Obama: “The United States will continue to stand with you as you recover and rebuild.”

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

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

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.