Obama:
When you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don't think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.
And I think it also makes you more resilient because then, during periods like we're in right now, where for a lot of folks it's crazy and you feel despair and anger, that perspective allows you to then say, "Okay, we've gone through crazy periods like this before. We've gone through mean periods before."
It fortifies you to say that: "Yes, this has been part of the journey that we're on. There's no reason to suggest that we can't get through this one either."
Source: MS NOW