Barack Obama: “I'm extraordinarily proud of the record that we've amassed over these last 2 1/2 years.”

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

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

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

The success of this experiment was never a given.