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Cooperation - Citizenship
In Africa, you often see that the difference between a village where everybody eats and a village where people starve is government. One has a functioning government, and the other does not. Which is why it bothers me when I hear people say that government is the enemy. They don't understand its fundamental role.
  • Author: Barack Obama
  • Contributor: ValerieT
  • Civic Law
  • North America
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The Independent Magazine http://
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