Barack Obama: “I am confident that if we recommit ourselves to discovery; if we support science education to create the next generation…”

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.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.

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