To the young people who led us this summer, telling us we need to be better. In so many ways you are this country's dreams fulfilled. You can give our democracy new meaning. You can take it to a better place. You're the missing ingredient. The ones who will decide whether or not America becomes the country that fully lives up to its creed.
Barack Obama addresses the importance of young people in shaping the future of democracy.
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