"I believe that we must learn to move past our differences and embrace the bonds that unite us all as people. During my presidency, scientists mapping the human genome discovered that the DNA that provides the building blocks of life is 99.9 percent the same in all people. We spend so much of our lives worrying about the tenth of a percent that separates us that we often forget how much unifies us. If we all can learn to embrace our common humanity, then we will begin to see past the minute differences that tear us apart.

It is our responsibility to not only take this approach in our own lives, but to instill these values in future generations as well."