Barack Obama: “I believed in the young people of America, even when everybody said that they would not participate.”

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

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

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.