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.
BARBARA JORDANOne thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
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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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Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other …Fairness treats everbody the same.
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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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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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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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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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Life is too large to hang out a sign: ‘For Men Only.
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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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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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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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Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.
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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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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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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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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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