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We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny. – Barbara Jordan

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We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community. – Barbara Jordan

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