{"id":9946,"date":"2011-01-13T13:11:43","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T13:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/imagine-here-was-a-young-girl-who-was-just\/"},"modified":"2011-01-13T13:11:43","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T13:11:43","slug":"imagine-here-was-a-young-girl-who-was-just","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/imagine-here-was-a-young-girl-who-was-just\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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Imagine: here was a young girl who was just becoming aware of our democracy; just beginning to understand the obligations of citizenship; just starting to glimpse the fact that someday she too might play a part in shaping her nation’s future. She had been elected to her student council; she saw public service as something exciting, something hopeful. She was off to meet her congresswoman, someone she was sure was good and important and might be a role model. She saw all this through the eyes of a child, undimmed by the cynicism or vitriol that we adults all too often just take for granted.<\/p>\n

I want us to live up to her expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as she imagined it. All of us – we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children’s expectations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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–\u00a0President Barack Obama (full text here<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

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(via soupsoup<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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