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Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
American
Politician
Born:
Mar 16
,
1927
Died:
Mar 26
,
2003
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,
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,
Participation
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Device
,
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,
Officials
,
Whereby
,
Public
,
Act
,
Public Officials
,
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Neil Gaiman
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Robert Kennedy
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Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Andrew Jackson
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