US History 1973 - 2014 Commonplace Book: Lecture 7, The Rise of Conservatism (Con't)

... we really need to realize that there is a limit to the role and the function of government. Government cannot solve our problems, it can't set our goals, it cannot define our vision. Government cannot eliminate poverty or provide a bountiful economy or reduce inflation or save our cities or cure illiteracy or provide energy. And government cannot mandate goodness.

— Jimmy Carter, State of the Union Address, 1978

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