Barack Obama: “Technology, globalization, the weakening of unions, all of this had shifted the basic bargain that had existed basically…”

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

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.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.