Barack Obama: “I'm confident we can agree on what those goals should be: a strong and vibrant middle class.”

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

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

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

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