Barack Obama: “I offer you the same hand of friendship, the same commitment to partnership as I do my Democratic colleagues. There is a…”

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

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.

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