Barack Obama: “Let's face it, this was a tough year for a lot of brackets because teams like this one shocked the world.”

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

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

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

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.