Barack Obama: “Her genius, her compassion, for just being funny, we honor tonight Lily Tomlin.”

I hope this center will serve as an affirmation of just how special, how precious our democracy truly is.

For almost four decades, Nancy Pelosi served the American people and worked to make our country better.

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.

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