We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: …

Barbara Jordan
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ✨ 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY
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