Our job is to convince people that democracy can actually deliver. And,and in doing that,we can’t just point to what we’ve already accomplished. We can’t just rely on the ideas of the past. We need to chart a new way forward to meet the challenges of today.
Barack Obama discussing the future of democracy at the 2024 DNC.
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