“Somehow, open heart surgery means more to most of us then the Alton, Illinois, Lock and Dam 26.”

— John W. Kingdon

Source: Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies - (Second Edition), Chapter 5, Problems, p. 95

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American political scientist 1940

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