More than a building that ...

More than a building that houses books and data, the library represents a window to a larger world, the place where we\'ve always come to discover big ideas and profound concepts that help move the American story forward and the human story forward.
More than a building that houses books and data, the library represents a window to a larger world, the place where we've always come to discover big ideas and profound concepts that help move the American story forward and the human story forward.

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Here at home, we will strengthen our defenses but not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values that we cherish as Americans, because great and proud nations don't hunker down and hide behind walls of suspicion and mistrust.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise.
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.