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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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Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three oclock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap. – Barbara Jordan

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