We live in a time of conflict - external and internal - when we sometimes concentrate too much on what divides us. Today, fly the Stars and Stripes with pride and confidence that what unites is far stronger.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.
We need to reach that happy stage of our development when differences and diversity are not seen as sources of division and distrust, but of strength and inspiration.
We are engaged in a struggle that is fought on many fronts and in many forms.
We are members of one another. What binds us together is far greater than what separates us... because of our interconnectivity, what happens to the least of us happens to all of us. Whatever you do for the least of us, you do for all of us.
There is more that unites us than divides us.
There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.
Man is a competitive creature, and the seeds of conflict are built deep into our genes. We fought each other on the savannah and only survived against great odds by organising ourselves into groups which would have had a common purpose, giving morale and fortitude.
We talk a lot about hope, helping, and teamwork. Our whole message is that we are more powerful together.
However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.
We are, by many measures, one of the more diverse cities in the country, growing more diverse all the time, and one of the more harmonious in terms of how we live together.