But in response to a Confederacy, we have this moment here of liberation, abolition, and revival of the values that make this country actually great, actually aspirational, and actually audacious as an example for the world. It's in places like Florida, Philadelphia, and We have every freedom that we have today because somebody in each generation refused to accept the world as it was. Somebody kept going. When the odds looked impossible, somebody decided that the promise written in this city belonged to them, too. And in this moment, Philadelphia, that's somebody, is you. (14:35–14:46)
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