Barack Obama: “I can't think of a better description of tonight's Gershwin Prize recipient.”

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

helped lead some of the most significant movements for change in human history

Of course, we did not accomplish everything we set out to do. No administration does. Some of the exhibits reflect unfinished business, in some cases, my own shortcomings and mistakes, in some cases because - as a sign I kept on the…

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away