It is only human agency, the willingness of individual people to be brave and speak truth to power and bear the consequences of it. That is the only thing that will get us out of what remains an existential danger to us as a democracy.
On the recordOctober 11, 2021
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Schiff emphasizes the importance of individual courage in preserving democracy.
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