Barack Obama: “I look forward to meeting Prime Minister Manning and to working with him to advance our shared goals.”

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

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.

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