And here again, whether it's the civil rights community and the struggle for empowerment of black voters or frankly, some of the objectives of the conservative movement that started in the 1970s with ideas that were considered crazy then. The idea you would go after Social Security, the idea that you would go after a right to choose, frankly, the idea you would go after the Voting Rights act would have seemed extreme. And they patiently built up their power until they could do it. But I think that patience has to be matched with a kind of impatience for what we can do right now. (14:24–14:35)
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