Cherishing our democracy means protecting It. When people would violate our freedoms, let us speak up, and let us make sure that we use our freedoms. Never let us be intimidated by others into silence and indifference. Let us speak out with what we believe in. Let us speak out against hatred, and bigotry and discrimination.
Haters are usually cowards, and when they are confronted, they back down.
But if left alone, they flourish. And I will never forget, for as long as I live, a visit in Germany when I was 13, asking people how Hitler came to power. We just stood by. Let us not stand by with our democracy. Let us bring people together.