What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that governmen…

Barbara Jordan
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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. ✨ 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY
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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. ✨ 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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