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Gavin Newsom: “In a democracy, the most important office is office of…”

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It's a covenant. I'll. And it's about having each other's back. This notion of citizenship, I remember, I think it was Brandeis who said, In a democracy, the most important office is office of citizen. This notion that we have agency, we can shape the future, we're not bystanders imagine, is imbued in that. That spirit of we the people. (45:44–45:48)

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

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