Barack Obama: “I need you because this isn't going to be easy.”

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

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.