Barack Obama

And I want our kids

to be reminded of that, and our grandkids.

And 50 years from now, I want people to remember that's what we should be about.

So, thank you.

Okay.

It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place and had worked for for a long stretch of time.

In retrospect, it's a reminder that on a lot of difficult foreign policy problems, the notion that we can just bully our way or bomb our way to solutions may sometimes seem appealing.

But the fact of the matter is, is that taking the time to explore diplomacy and exhaust the possibilities of coming up with deals that don't solve 100 percent of the problem, but solve 80, 90 percent of the problem while avoiding diplomacy.

the necessity of going to war.

You'd think we would have learned that lesson by now, but it seems like every so often we have to relearn that lesson.

It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from

the deal that we had in the first place and had worked for a long stretch of time before we, the United States, pulled out of it.

So I'm hopeful that bombing stops and ordinary people are no longer suffering as a consequence of the war.

then in retrospect it's a reminder that on a lot of difficult foreign policy problems the notion that we can just bully our way or bomb our way to solutions may sometimes seem appealing

But the fact of the matter is that taking the time to explore diplomacy and exhaust the possibilities of coming up with deals that don't solve 100% of the problem but solve 80, 90% of the problem while avoiding the necessity of going to war, you'd think we would have learned that lesson by now.

But it seems like every so often we have to relearn that lesson again.

It is doubtful that any agreement that arises...

is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place and had worked for a long stretch of time before we, the United States, pulled out of it.

We didn't build the Obama Presidential Center to celebrate my ability to bring about change.

We did it to unlock yours.