Barack Obama: “We've been able to not only preserve and make more perfect this Union, but also try to spread that light elsewhere.”

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

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.

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

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