not good, just necessary

"because i believe in original sin, because i know i am capable of craving a cold beer in a village of starving kids, because i understand that selfishness vies for space in our hearts with compassion, i believe we need government- a government that forces us to care for the common good even when we don't feel like it, a government that helps channel our better instincts and check our bad ones. but i also believe in containing government and tempering the claims we make for it. i don't think government is good, just necessary."
- george stephanopoulos, political wunderkind

2005-01-12 | 1:26 p.m.
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