Barack Obama: “We must maintain patient control over these records and respect their privacy.”

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

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

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.