Barack Obama: “The purpose of memory is not simply to preserve the past, it is to protect the future.”

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

She knew she was going to mess me up, and she did it anyway."

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.