And we can't wait for other people to do it. We are the heroes that we are looking for. Let me tell you right now, the history books too often get it wrong. We didn't get suffrage in this country because a bunch of men on the Senate floor said, hey, fellas, bring it in. Put your hands in. Suffrage on three. All right? No, we got it because people worked for it and marched for it. We didn't get abolition because a bunch of folks in Washington decided on it. (15:32–15:38)
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