Barack Obama: “Let us remember that we are one and we are a family.”

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…

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

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

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