Barack Obama: “We are a better country than that, and we need to act like we're a better country than that.”

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.

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

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

At least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people.