The imperative is to define what is right and do it. ✨ Barbara Jordan,…

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The imperative is to define what is right and do it. ✨ Barbara Jordan, Elspeth D. Rostow, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin (1986). The Great Society: A Twenty Year Critique, Univ Texas at Austin Lyndon B
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