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CONFIDENTIAL
SU - 11th Draft
1/22/71
- 14 -
I reject the patronizing idea that government in Washington, D. C.
is inevitably more wise, more honest and more efficient than govern-
ment at the local or State level. / The honesty and efficiency of govern-
ment depends on people. Government at all levels has good people and
bad people. And the way to get more good people into governme nt is to
give them more freedom to do good things.
The idea that a bureaucratic elite in Washington knows best what
is best for people everywhere and that you cannot trust local govern-
ment is really a contention that you cannot trust people to govern them-
selves. This notion is completely foreign to the American experience.
Local government is the government closest to the people and most
responsive to the individual person; it is people's government in a far
more intimate way than the government in Washington can ever be.
People came to America because they wanted to determine their
own future rather than to live in a country where others determined their
future for them.
What this change means is that once again we are placing our
trust in people.
I have faith in people. I trust the judgment of people. Let us give
the people a chance, a bigger voice in deciding for themselves those
questions that so greatly affect their lives.
CONFIDENTIAL
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