We are a nation whose strength and greatness are derived from the rich heritage and diversity of our people.

We can meet these challenges if we work together in the future, as we did to pass this terrific piece of legislation.

You must seize the day to say this is our country, this is our future, and we're going to build it together.

We are one nation, one community, going forward into the 21st century.

I believe we can find common ground.

This country does well when we find common ground.

We're a better place because we're doing these things together.

I want us to be able to celebrate, laugh about, cherish our diversity, and say, we're bound together by our belief in the values that have made America great, but otherwise we don't discriminate against anybody.

There are some things we should do together.

We like our diversity. We're coming together.

This is not about party; it's about you, how we're going to live together and whether we should work together to give each other the tools to make the most of our future.

We're going to say to each other, 'You’re part of our America.'

This is an example of what we can do when we stop talking and start acting and when we reach across the lines that divide us and join hands and agree on things that we all agree on.

That’s why I've tried so hard in this election to keep talking about the issues and to keep trying to bring people together.

We believe that we ought to be building a bridge to the future wide enough and strong enough for everybody to walk across who is responsible enough to do their own part.

We believe we're in this together.

Our role is to try to help bring people together and create the conditions in which a successful resolution of these matters can occur.

This legislation is proof of the progress we can make for the American people when we put politics aside and join with each other in common cause.