Quote by Barbara Jordan
What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that gover

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance. – Barbara Jordan

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A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. – 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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War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. – James Madison

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The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. – Thomas Jefferson

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Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. – Thomas Jefferson

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Its the governments obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern. – Stephen Harper

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