Barack Obama: “What's holding us back is politics.”

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

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

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

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power