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Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other …Fairness treats everbody the same.

Barbara Jordan

The earth is bread we take and eat.
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Bread Earth Eat Take
We want to be in control of our lives. Whether we are jungle fighters, craftsmen, company men, gamesmen, we want to be in control. And when the government erodes that control, we are not comfortable.
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Erode Men Want
We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.
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Authority Believe People
If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.
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Change Dissatisfied Resolve Way
Let’s all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Country Guiding Principles Ideas
It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.
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People Philanthropy Privilege
Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
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Belief People View
Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.
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Education Holiday Inspirational Life
I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
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Mills Persons Running
How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance — the one value that is indispensable in creating community.
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Creating Equality Keys Tolerance
A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
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Future Government Shaping Willing
Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave.
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Credibility Immigration Policy Sentence
A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
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Common Responsibility Share
Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.
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People Ties Voice
We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.
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Innovation Order Party
The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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America Citizens Want

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