Obama: Honor the people who make the country 'more inclusive and more hopeful' this July 4th

Possibly alluding to the recent Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage and the mass shooting of a historically black church in Charleston, S.C., Obama said in his weekly address that the Declaration of Independence "binds together" a "dynamic and diverse country" and we must honor those who make the country "better, stronger, more inclusive and more hopeful."

"It's been the work of each successive generation to keep this founding creed safe by making sure its words apply to every single American," Obama said. "Folks have fought, marched, protested, even died for that endeavor, proving that as Americans, our destiny is not written for us, but by us."

He exhorted Americans to remember the words of the nation's founders.

"We are of all races, we come from all places, we practice all faiths, and believe in all sorts of different ideas," Obama said. "But our allegiance to this declaration — this idea — is the creed that binds us together. It's what, out of many, makes us one. "

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