But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be o…

Barbara Jordan
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But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants. ✨ 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY
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