As a Nation, we are bound together not by the colors of our skin, the tenets of our faith, or the origins of our names.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- Law Day, 2013

Though we have known disagreement and division, we are bound together by the creed that is written into our founding documents, and a conviction that the United States of America is a country that can achieve whatever it sets out to accomplish.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Addresses the Nation

We believe that in a country where every race and faith and point of view can be found, we are still bound together as one people, that we share common hopes and a common creed, that the dreams of a little girl in Tucson are not so different than those of our own children, that they all deserve the chance to be fulfilled.

CNN: Transcript: Obama's State of the Union speech

Even though we are on opposite sides of a whole bunch of issues, part of what has bound us together is a shared faith, a recognition that we pray to and serve the same God.

WHITEHOUSE: National Prayer Breakfast