…for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.
BARBARA JORDAN…for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.
BARBARA JORDANThe citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
BARBARA JORDANWe 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.
BARBARA JORDANFairness 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.
BARBARA JORDANIf you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.
BARBARA JORDANI never wanted to be run of the mill.
BARBARA JORDANThe imperative is to define what is right and do it.
BARBARA JORDANWe must have an economy that does not force the migrant worker’s child to miss school in order to earn…just so the family can eat. That is the moral bankruptcy that trickle-down economics is all about.
BARBARA JORDANWe 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.
BARBARA JORDAN[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time.
BARBARA JORDANOne thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
BARBARA JORDANA 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.
BARBARA JORDANThere is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.
BARBARA JORDANWe, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
BARBARA JORDANI never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
BARBARA JORDAN