The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope. Think of the past. Think of 250 years of democracy and progress. And look, we're a relatively young country. We are an ancient democracy. We're the oldest democracy on the planet. And we've confronted every kind of crisis from, you know, disaster at home to depression to war abroad, and we've been successful. We're still the country that people want to come to. (25:13–25:16)
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Asserts that the United States is the oldest democracy in the world.
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