Barack Obama: “we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it's easy, but when it is hard.”

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.

there will be no kings

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