Barack Obama: “We have asked for the unprecedented trust of the American people to deal boldly with the greatest economic crisis we've…”

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

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…

She knew she was going to mess me up, and she did it anyway."

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.