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.
BARBARA JORDANIf you’re going to play the game [politics] properly, you’d better know every rule.
More Barbara Jordan Quotes
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It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
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We 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.
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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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One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
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If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.
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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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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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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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I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
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The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.
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If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.
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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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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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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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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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