Barack Obama: “Nothing is more important than restoring, making real that ideal that if you work hard in this country, you can make it.”

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

Of course, we did not accomplish everything we set out to do. No administration does. Some of the exhibits reflect unfinished business, in some cases, my own shortcomings and mistakes, in some cases because - as a sign I kept on the…

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