This campaign has to be about reclaiming the meaning of citizenship, restoring our sense of common purpose, and realizing that few obstacles can withstand the power of millions of voices calling for change.
Obama emphasizes the importance of collective action and citizenship in driving change during a meeting with House Democrats.
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Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.
This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.
It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.
They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.
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