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Barack Obama: “The most important office in this democracy is the citizen…”

Featuring: Barack Obama, Democratic | 44th President of the United States | National

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Discussion on Democracy, Rule of Law, and Social Justice

Published | Video Starts at 02:07

That's why this place worked. It is up to all of us to fix this. It's not going to be. It's not going to be because somebody comes and saves you. The most important office in this democracy is the citizen, the ordinary person who says, no, that's not right. It has been easy during most of our lifetimes to say you are a progressive or say you are for social justice or say you're for free speech and not have to pay a price for it. (02:07–02:22)

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Asserts that the role of the citizen is the most important in a democracy.

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