Barack Obama: “His number-one goal tomorrow is to continue to lay out his vision for the American people for the next four years.”

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.