"When you see the gifts they can offer, the energy that can be released when they feel safe and loved, you see what a tragedy we so often allow to happen, " he said.
Responding to the Palestinian deaths, Israeli government spokeswoman Miri Eisen says the country's army has suspended artillery fire into Gaza while it investigates what she called a tragedy.
In the face of the enormous loss of life and threat to everyone's sense of security, it is especially important to recognize that strong feelings need not defeat us but become the inspiration for moving ahead together, recovering, and supporting all of our citizens in the wake of what is a family and national tragedy.
Inevitably, a tragedy such as what we have experienced in Newtown, Connecticut brings the discussion about guns and violence in our society to the front of the American dialogue where it often lingers for a short time before receding to the background of the national discussion.
What happened in Boston Monday is a terrible tragedy in any context.
"What is happening in Greece right now is a tragedy, " says Joseph Komninakidis from Staff Jeans.
Tragedy was the opposite of what a marathon was supposed to be.
Brazil is marking three days of national mourning, while politicians discuss what measures can be taken to prevent such a tragedy happening again.
But what can you do to lessen the likelihood that a tragedy will occur?
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Among those attending was prominent priest Father Brian D'Arcy who described what has happened to the Quinn family as a "tragedy".
Former Senator JOHN EDWARDS (Democrat, North Carolina): From my perspective, what's actually happened as a result of this terrible tragedy in the Gulf is there's a window of opportunity available to us.
What happened to the American Dream in the last decade is a tragedy of historic importance.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the deaths were "a terrible tragedy" and it was still unclear what exactly had happened.
"(These reports) are distracting the investigators from the 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week job of finding out what caused this tremendous tragedy, " Kallstrom said.
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What the Newtown tragedy should do is force the NRA to shift its focus from a knee-jerk strategy of simply protecting assault weapons, to advocating for more concealed or open carry laws.
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What happens once those vehicles hit the streets, however, is shaping up as a national tragedy, experts say, with thousands of Brazilians dying every year in auto accidents that in many cases shouldn't have proven fatal.
And often it takes a brush with hardship or tragedy to shake us out of that, to remind us of what matters most.
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