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Barack Obama: “We don't have aristocracies here, we don't have rank, we…”

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

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Barack Obama Discusses Democracy, Social Cohesion, and Leadership at the Connecticut Forum

Published | Video Starts at 46:01

That is an American idea that everybody could tap into. And if that ends up being our starting point for common identity, if our starting point is these homespun values of. We don't have aristocracies here, we don't have rank, we don't have monarchies, we have rule of law. All people are equal in the eyes of the law. That we all have a part to play in democracy, that we all have to take individual responsibility for our lives. (46:01–46:17)

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Asserts that the U.S. operates under the rule of law and equality, without aristocracies or monarchies.

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