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Life is too large to hang out a sign: ‘For Men Only.

Barbara Jordan

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.
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Destiny Government Republic
…for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.
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Ends Immigration People
But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants.
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America Cities Groups
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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Feelings Texas Want
[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time.
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Emotional Immigration Issues
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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Common Responsibility Share
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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Citizens Ideas Suffering
We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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Backgrounds Made Party
How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance — the one value that is indispensable in creating community.
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Creating Equality Keys Tolerance
The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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Character Inspirational
I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
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Mills Persons Running
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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Democratic Immigration Responsibility
One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
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Benefits Illegal Immigration
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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Belief People View
We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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Acceptance Inspirational People
I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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Country Democratic Party Thinking

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