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On the recordMay 12, 2011
The challenges we face are so large that it requires leadership of an unusual kind. I don't believe that any one person in the Oval Office can make a decisive difference. I believe there are 300 million Americans who have to be recruited, educated, convinced, led to work together so that all of us putting our shoulder to the wheel can make a decisive difference.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Newt Gingrich discusses the need for collective leadership and involvement of all Americans in addressing the country's challenges.

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