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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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