Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
BARBARA JORDANLet there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It’s tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny.
More Barbara Jordan Quotes
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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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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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Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
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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 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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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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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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Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.
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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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Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other …Fairness treats everbody the same.
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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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When do any of us ever do enough?
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What the people want is very simple – they want an America as good as its promise.
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We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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“We, the people.” It is a very elegant beginning. But when that document was completed on the 17th of September in 1787, I was not included in that “We, the people.”
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