Obama Highlights Cuba's Ladies in White in Remarks Today
"As we do every time this year, Presidents and Prime Ministers converge on this great city to advance important work. But as leaders, we are not the most important people here today. It is the civil society leaders, who in many ways are going to have the more lasting impact. Because as the saying goes: The most important title is not President or Prime Minister. The most important title is citizen. Ordinary men and women determined to forge their own future, who throughout history have sparked all the great change and progress [...]
It's citizens who -- right now -- are standing up for the freedom that is their God-given right. And I've seen it myself in the advocates and activists that I've met all over the world. I've seen it in the courage of Berta Soler, the leader of Cuba's Ladies in White, who endure harassment and arrest in order to win freedom for their loved ones and the Cuban people."
-- U.S. President Barack Obama, during remarks today at the Clinton Global Initiative, New York City, 9/23/14
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It's citizens who -- right now -- are standing up for the freedom that is their God-given right. And I've seen it myself in the advocates and activists that I've met all over the world. I've seen it in the courage of Berta Soler, the leader of Cuba's Ladies in White, who endure harassment and arrest in order to win freedom for their loved ones and the Cuban people."
-- U.S. President Barack Obama, during remarks today at the Clinton Global Initiative, New York City, 9/23/14
Click below (or here) to watch President Obama's remarks:
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