Barack Obama: “Making government operations leaner, smarter, more efficient is essential.”

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

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.

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

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