Barack Obama: “Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is…”

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

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