Barack Obama: “Now, many are to blame for the reaction and overreaction that followed these comments, including my own administration.”

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.

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.