Barack Obama: “Hope is like that pebble that lands in the lake.”

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.

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

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

never talks that way when they are in the same room.