Barack Obama: “I am providing this report as part of my efforts to keep the Congress fully informed.”

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

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

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.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.