Barack Obama: “I couldn't stay away.”

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.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

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

helped lead some of the most significant movements for change in human history