Nothing in federal law persuades us that we should change our own law to create a remedy where Congress did not.

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Most of what we need to effect change can be found behind our own firewall, but connecting groups and individuals in a meaningful way, across organizational silos and executive egos requires a fundamental shift in the way we communicate.

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We can also write to our own governments in Europe to call for change.

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And because you made our campaign your own, because you believed in our ability to shape our own destiny, we won that chance to bring about real change.

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One of those challenges is building on the work that we've done to control our own energy future while reducing pollution that contributes to climate change.

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We're making this new politics our own, just as we're setting the agenda on the environment and climate change.

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We, the people -- (applause.) We, the people, hold in our hands the power to choose our leaders and change our laws, and shape our own destiny.

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