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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