And so that these young people will not have died in vain, as President Lincoln said, we have to recommit our country to a sense of community. |
A first step is for bishops to recommit themselves, in the spirit of penance and reconciliation, to the annual independent reviews. |
I recommit myself to continuing to work with that organisation to ensure its long-term viability. |
So today let us recommit ourselves to continuing history's great and necessary task. |
Let us recommit ourselves to the slow and painstaking work of statecraft, which sees peace, not war as being inevitable. |
We must recommit ourselves to building a world where democracy and rights prevail. |