Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other …Fairness treats everbody the same.
BARBARA JORDANWe 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.
More Barbara Jordan Quotes
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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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The stakes … are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
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I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.
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We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.
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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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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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Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe that as the people of America sit in judgment on each party, they will recognize that our mistakes were mistakes of the heart. They’ll recognize that.
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It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.
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In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more.
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If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
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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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One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse – what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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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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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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We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
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If you’re going to play the game [politics] properly, you’d better know every rule.
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What the people want is very simple – they want an America as good as its promise.
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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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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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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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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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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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Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It’s tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny.
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I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which a man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He’s just incapable of it.
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