On this morning of promise, these visionary statesmen from ancient lands have chosen to heal the rift that for too long has divided their peoples.

You give us great hope that this house, our people's house, will be a constant witness to a lasting peace that spreads forth to embrace your region.

I think that there are many things we can do together.

I ran for President because I did not want us to go into the 21st century without a vision of how we could restore our economy and unite our people.

Let us all, all of us Americans, spend this next week in gratitude, in reflection, and with resolve.

Each reminds us that we are descendants, whatever our differences, of a common creed, unbeatable when we are united: one nation under God.

We cannot afford to be divided, diverted, distracted.

I want to see the American people pull together again.

Let me conclude by reminding all of you that Americans are not divided by party or section or philosophy on their deep yearning and determination to be safer.

The spirit of giving really creates America's sense of common bond, our sense of community.

You have helped us to bind up one another in a common culture and to understand our connections to the past so that we can better hand down our values to the future.

Together, let us shape this new world to our lasting benefit.

Together we can open the greatest era of cooperation, understanding, and respect among our people ever.

I believe in your rich heritage and in our common heritage.

We will never have a sense of fairness and security which is necessary for us to be strong as a people until we deal with our thorniest difficulties.

It is, I feel certain, a faith he would want us all to keep.

The reason this deal is working for you is everybody is important, everybody counts, and people work together.

Let us reach out to the people around us and work for a world at peace.