…for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.
BARBARA JORDANWe believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.
More Barbara Jordan Quotes
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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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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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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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What the people want is very simple – they want an America as good as its promise.
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If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.
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When do any of us ever do enough?
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We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
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I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
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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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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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Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.
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We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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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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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.
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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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