Barack Obama: “Ours is not just a special relationship, it is an essential relationship — for us and for the world.”

That's what I hope every visitor to this center takes away from their experience.

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

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"