Barack Obama: “Politics are about choices.”

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

never talks that way when they are in the same room.

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.

I hope this center will serve as an affirmation of just how special, how precious our democracy truly is.