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Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not a father or mother. Government has never raised a child, and it never will.
William Bennett
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William Bennett
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 3
Former United States Secretary Of Education
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New York
William John Bennett
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