Barack Obama: “I didn't run for President to preside over decline.”

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

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

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.