When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually. (Barney Frank)

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually.

Barney Frank

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