We are the oldest constitutional democracy in the world but wemustneverforget in the context of human history just how quickly we have come to where we are today.
Undeniably, as a species we are extremely adaptable, but wemustneverforget that the Oracle of Delphi called Socrates the wisest of all men: He was the wisest of all men because he realized he was stupid.
And as a Nation, we reaffirm a most sacred obligation: that wemustneverforget the men and women who did not come home, and that wemustnever stop trying to return them to their families and the country they fought to protect.