President Obama and the National Museum of the American People would share a similar view of the American People. Following are some quotations from the President illustrating how he views the American People:

Inaugural Address, January 20, 2009

“For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; ...”

Victory Speech, November 4, 2008

“This is our moment. This is our time — to ... reaffirm that fundamental truth — that out of many, we are one ....”

Cairo Speech to Muslim World, June 4, 2009

“We are shaped by every culture, drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept: E pluribus unum — ‘Out of many, one.’”

DNC Keynote Speech, July 27, 2004

“There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there’s the United States of America.”

“For alongside our famous individualism, there’s another ingredient in the American saga, a belief that we are all connected as one people.”

“It is that fundamental belief — I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper — that makes this country work. It’s what allows us to pursue our individual dreams, yet still come together as a single American family: ‘E pluribus unum,’ out of many, one.”

“We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.”

On the politics of hope: “It's the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs; the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores; ....”

“I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible.”

Press Conference, March 25, 2009