American democracy cannot be great until it is good, says lawyer, Harvard professor and former governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick. A self-identified patriot, Patrick stands behind the fundamental values and civic ideals that he believes make the US unique -- and outlines how the country has strayed from those same edicts. Calling for a coll...

Deval Patrick, the former Governor of Massachusetts, presents a compelling case for both his optimism about his fellow Americans and his concern about our democracy. The talk expands upon his statement that, “The Founders designed us to be a nation of values, a country with a conscience and we’ve struggled with and against that conscience from t...