Personal responsibility

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PUBLISHED: August 29, 2012 at 1:00 AM CDT | UPDATED: August 23, 2021 at 6:11 PM CDT

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We would need less government if we took more responsibility for our own lives.

— Karen Rossetti, Glen Ellyn

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