Barack Obama: “It is a time of self-reflection focusing on the values that Muslims and people of all faiths share: charity, community…”

The success of this experiment was never a given.

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.

never talks that way when they are in the same room.

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