Barack Obama: “I will preserve every option available to me and continually make assessments about what's in the interests of the…”

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.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.