Barack Obama: “We will keep faith with our troops, military families, and veterans who have borne the burden of a decade of war and who…”

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect."

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

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