Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
BARBARA JORDANJustice of right is always to take precedence over might.
More Barbara Jordan Quotes
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The majority of the American people still believe that every single individual in this country is entitled to just as much respect, just as much dignity, as every other individual.
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[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time.
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Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.
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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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There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.
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For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.
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A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
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Life is too large to hang out a sign: ‘For Men Only.
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I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
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The stakes … are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
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We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.
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We must have an economy that does not force the migrant worker’s child to miss school in order to earn…just so the family can eat. That is the moral bankruptcy that trickle-down economics is all about.
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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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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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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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If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.
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…for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.
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There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.
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“We, the people.” It is a very elegant beginning. But when that document was completed on the 17th of September in 1787, I was not included in that “We, the people.”
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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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If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.
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I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning, I say: ‘What is my exciting thing for today?’ Then, I do the day. Don’t ask me about tomorrow.
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I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in ‘We, the people.’
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What the people want is very simple – they want an America as good as its promise.
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It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
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