The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems.
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The people want government that works for them at every level.
The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'
Governments do not have the answers - indeed, quite the reversal. A lot of times, they not only do not have the answers, but they themselves are the problem. If we are committed to helping our world's children, then we must begin to create solutions from the bottom up.
To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.
There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix.
Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: 'Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?' If you don't ask those questions, your governance will not be good.
It shouldn't be a matter of who deserves help or not, but of whether we want to be a country that allows its neediest to continue to need. Condemnation of individuals and their choices mutes all these other really important logistical questions about funding and budget and politics.
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?
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