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Tom Carper: “The role of government is to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves.”

On the recordJune 9, 2015
The role of government is to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Carper cites Lincoln's view on the government's role in society.

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