We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation… but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.
BARBARA JORDANThe earth is bread we take and eat.
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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If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.
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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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[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time.
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We can certainly defuse the intensity of the anti-immigrant feeling if we can bring some reality to the discussion by showing that they are not using that many resources.
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One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
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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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Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other …Fairness treats everbody the same.
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A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.
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I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that you can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit.
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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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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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If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
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Things which matter cost money, and we’ve got to spend the money if we do not want to have generations of parasites rather than generations of productive citizens.
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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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.
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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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We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.
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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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…for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.
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Life is too large to hang out a sign: ‘For Men Only.
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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The stakes … are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
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What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance.
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The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.
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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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