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Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.
Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.
Approximate author period: c. 1953 AD · modern
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- Richard M. Nixon
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- Approximate author period: c. 1953 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Richard Nixon: life dates 1913 to 1994. Wikidata Q9588, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9588 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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