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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.01,0:00:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my previous life, I was an artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.49,0:00:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still paint. I love art.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.97,0:00:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the joy that color can give to our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.57,0:00:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to our communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.21,0:00:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I try to bring something of the artist in me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.49,0:00:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.61,0:00:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.54,0:00:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of my job today, the reason for being here,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.73,0:00:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just to campaign for my party,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.65,0:00:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for politics, and the role it can play
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.36,0:00:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the better in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.17,0:00:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 11 years, I was mayor of Tirana, our capital.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.05,0:00:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We faced many challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.74,0:00:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Art was part of the answer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.22,0:00:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my name, in the very beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.84,0:01:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was linked with two things:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.26,0:01:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demolition of illegal constructions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.35,0:01:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to get public space back,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.43,0:01:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use of colors in order to revive the hope
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.11,0:01:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been lost in my city.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.42,0:01:22.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this use of colors was not just an artistic act.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.29,0:01:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, it was a form of political action
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.40,0:01:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a context when the city budget I had available
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.50,0:01:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after being elected amounted to zero comma something.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.21,0:01:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we painted the first building,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.20,0:01:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by splashing a radiant orange on the somber gray
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.75,0:01:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a facade,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.02,0:01:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something unimaginable happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.24,0:01:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a traffic jam
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.31,0:01:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a crowd of people gathered
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.32,0:02:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if it were the location of some spectacular accident,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.24,0:02:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the sudden sighting of a visiting pop star.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.95,0:02:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The French E.U. official in charge of the funding
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.76,0:02:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rushed to block the painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.85,0:02:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He screeched that he would block the financing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.60,0:02:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But why?" I asked him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.23,0:02:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because the colors you have ordered
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.02,0:02:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not meet European standards," he replied.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.73,0:02:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well," I told him,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.66,0:02:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the surroundings do not meet European standards,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.85,0:02:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though this is not what we want,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.14,0:02:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we will choose the colors ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.31,0:02:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is exactly what we want.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.98,0:02:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you do not let us continue with our work,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.87,0:02:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will hold a press conference here,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.54,0:02:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now, right in this road,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.82,0:03:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will tell people that you look to me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.07,0:03:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like the censors of the socialist realism era."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.94,0:03:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then he was kind of troubled,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.60,0:03:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked me for a compromise.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.19,0:03:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I told him no, I'm sorry,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.51,0:03:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compromise in colors is gray,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.01,0:03:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have enough gray to last us a lifetime.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.10,0:03:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.31,0:03:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's time for change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.43,0:03:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rehabilitation of public spaces
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.60,0:03:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,revived the feeling of belonging
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.34,0:03:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a city that people lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.21,0:03:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pride of people about their own place of living,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.65,0:03:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were feelings that had been buried
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.06,0:03:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deep for years under the fury of the illegal,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.72,0:04:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,barbaric constructions that sprang up in the public space.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.19,0:04:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when colors came out everywhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.24,0:04:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a mood of change started transforming the spirit of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.73,0:04:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Big noise raised up: "What is this? What is happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.67,0:04:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are colors doing to us?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.63,0:04:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we made a poll,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.69,0:04:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most fascinating poll I've seen in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.09,0:04:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We asked people, "Do you want this action,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.35,0:04:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to have buildings painted like that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.84,0:04:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the second question was,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.21,0:04:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you want it to stop or do you want it to continue?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.21,0:04:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the first question,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.90,0:04:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,63 percent of people said yes, we like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.80,0:04:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirty-seven said no, we don't like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.16,0:04:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to the second question, half of them that didn't like it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.84,0:04:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they wanted it to continue. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.91,0:04:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we noticed change.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.04,0:04:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People started to drop less litter in the streets, for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.44,0:04:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started to pay taxes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.07,0:05:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started to feel something they had forgotten,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.52,0:05:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beauty was acting as a guardsman
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.58,0:05:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where municipal police, or the state itself, were missing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.12,0:05:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day I remember walking along a street
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.82,0:05:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had just been colored,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.42,0:05:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where we were in the process of planting trees,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.20,0:05:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I saw a shopkeeper and his wife
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.44,0:05:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting a glass facade to their shop.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.41,0:05:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had thrown the old shutter
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.71,0:05:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the garbage collection place.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.70,0:05:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why did you throw away the shutters?" I asked him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.26,0:05:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, because the street is safer now," they answered.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.49,0:05:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Safer? Why? They have posted more policemen here?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.06,0:05:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come on, man! What policemen?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.88,0:05:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see it for yourself. There are colors,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.97,0:06:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,streetlights, new pavement with no potholes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.79,0:06:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trees. So it's beautiful; it's safe."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.59,0:06:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And indeed, it was beauty that was giving people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.53,0:06:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this feeling of being protected.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.96,0:06:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this was not a misplaced feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.46,0:06:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crime did fall.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.22,0:06:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The freedom that was won in 1990
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.56,0:06:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought about a state of anarchy in the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.70,0:06:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the barbarism of the '90s
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.61,0:06:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought about a loss of hope for the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.09,0:06:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The paint on the walls did not feed children,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.36,0:06:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor did it tend the sick or educate the ignorant,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.43,0:06:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it gave hope and light,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.87,0:06:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helped to make people see
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.31,0:06:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there could be a different way of doing things,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.41,0:07:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a different spirit, a different feel to our lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.32,0:07:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that if we brought the same energy and hope
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.54,0:07:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our politics, we could build a better life
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.83,0:07:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for each other and for our country.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.02,0:07:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We removed 123,000 tons of concrete
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.87,0:07:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only from the riverbanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.48,0:07:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We demolished more than 5,000 illegal buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.63,0:07:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.61,0:07:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to eight stories high, the tallest of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.08,0:07:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We planted 55,000 trees and bushes in the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.61,0:07:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We established a green tax,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.69,0:07:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then everybody accepted it
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.72,0:07:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all businessmen paid it regularly.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.72,0:07:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By means of open competitions,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.10,0:08:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we managed to recruit in our administration
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.10,0:08:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many young people,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.09,0:08:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we thus managed to build
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.95,0:08:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a de-politicized public institution
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.22,0:08:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where men and women were equally represented.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.74,0:08:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,International organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.29,0:08:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have invested a lot in Albania during these 20 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.66,0:08:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not all of it well spent.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.90,0:08:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I told the World Bank directors
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.02,0:08:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I wanted them to finance a project to build
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.94,0:08:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a model reception hall for citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.83,0:08:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,precisely in order to fight endemic daily corruption,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.99,0:08:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they did not understand me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.24,0:08:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But people were waiting in long queues
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.52,0:08:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under sun and under rain
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.44,0:08:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to get a certificate or just a simple answer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.67,0:08:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from two tiny windows of two metal kiosks.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.11,0:09:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were paying in order to skip the queue,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.29,0:09:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the long queue.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.65,0:09:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reply to their requests was met
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.61,0:09:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a voice coming from this dark hole,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.31,0:09:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, on the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.55,0:09:22.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a mysterious hand coming out to take their documents
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.100,0:09:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while searching through old documents for the bribe.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.80,0:09:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could change the invisible clerks within the kiosks,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.11,0:09:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every week, but we could not change this corrupt practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.75,0:09:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm convinced," I told a German official
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.52,0:09:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the World Bank,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.30,0:09:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"that it would be impossible for them to be bribed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.14,0:09:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they worked in Germany,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.60,0:09:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a German administration,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.55,0:09:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as I am convinced that if you put German officials
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.95,0:10:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the German administration in those holes,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.18,0:10:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would be bribed just the same."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.32,0:10:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.03,0:10:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not about genes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.86,0:10:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not about some being with a high conscience
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.59,0:10:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some others having not a conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.04,0:10:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about system, it's about organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.81,0:10:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also about environment and respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.07,0:10:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We removed the kiosks.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.95,0:10:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We built the bright new reception hall
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.65,0:10:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made people, Tirana citizens,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.22,0:10:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think they had traveled abroad when they entered
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.90,0:10:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make their requests.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.33,0:10:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We created an online system of control
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.77,0:10:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so speeded up all the processes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.69,0:10:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We put the citizen first, and not the clerks.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.34,0:11:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The corruption in the state administration
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.55,0:11:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of countries like Albania --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.25,0:11:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not up to me to say also like Greece --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.42,0:11:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be fought only by modernization.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.80,0:11:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reinventing the government by reinventing politics itself
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.56,0:11:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the answer, and not reinventing people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.07,0:11:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on a ready-made formula
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.72,0:11:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the developed world often tries in vain to impose
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.98,0:11:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to people like us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.08,0:11:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.79,0:11:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things have come to this point
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.78,0:11:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because politicians in general,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.27,0:11:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but especially in our countries, let's face it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.16,0:11:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think people are stupid.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.63,0:11:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They take it for granted that, come what may,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.17,0:11:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people have to follow them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.38,0:11:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while politics, more and more, fails to offer answers
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.48,0:11:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their public concerns
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.50,0:12:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the exigencies of the common people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.17,0:12:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Politics has come to resemble
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.97,0:12:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cynical team game played by politicians,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.46,0:12:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the public has been pushed aside
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.39,0:12:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if sitting on the seats of a stadium
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.27,0:12:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which passion for politics
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.12,0:12:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is gradually making room for blindness and desperation.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.73,0:12:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seen from those stairs, all politicians today
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.63,0:12:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem the same,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.59,0:12:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and politics has come to resemble
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.23,0:12:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sport that inspires more aggressiveness
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.83,0:12:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pessimism than social cohesion
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.14,0:12:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the desire for civic protaganism.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.41,0:12:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barack Obama won
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.44,0:12:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— (Applause) —
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.72,0:12:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he mobilized people as never before
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.28,0:13:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the use of social networks.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.81,0:13:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did not know each and every one of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.92,0:13:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with an admirable ingenuity,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.80,0:13:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he managed to transform them into activists
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.18,0:13:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by giving them all the possibility to hold in their hands
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.30,0:13:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the arguments and the instruments that each would need
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.90,0:13:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to campaign in his name by making his own campaign.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.69,0:13:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tweet. I love it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.75,0:13:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love it because it lets me get the message out,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.12,0:13:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it also lets people get their messages to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.38,0:13:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is politics, not from top down,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.37,0:13:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but from the bottom up, and sideways,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.60,0:13:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allowing everybody's voice to be heard
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.59,0:13:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is exactly what we need.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.55,0:13:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Politics is not just about leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.60,0:13:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just about politicians and laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.36,0:13:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is about how people think,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.33,0:13:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they view the world around them,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.67,0:13:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they use their time and their energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.19,0:14:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people say all politicians are the same,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.71,0:14:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask yourself if Obama was the same as Bush,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.99,0:14:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if François Hollande is the same as Sarkozy.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.56,0:14:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not. They are human beings with different views
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.27,0:14:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and different visions for the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.85,0:14:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people say nothing can change,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.75,0:14:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just stop and think what the world was like
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.81,0:14:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10, 20, 50, 100 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.44,0:14:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our world is defined by the pace of change.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.56,0:14:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can all change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.36,0:14:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gave you a very small example
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.24,0:14:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how one thing, the use of color,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.74,0:14:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can make change happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.25,0:14:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to make more change
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.62,0:14:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Prime Minister of my country,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.40,0:14:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every single one of you can make change happen
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.73,0:14:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you want to.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.32,0:14:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Roosevelt, he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.44,0:14:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Believe you can, and you are halfway there."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.12,0:15:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Efharisto and kalinihta.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.18,0:15:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)