[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time.
BARBARA JORDANWe, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
More Barbara Jordan Quotes
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.
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When do any of us ever do enough?
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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.
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…for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.
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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 never wanted to be run of the mill.
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Let 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.
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation… but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.
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The stakes … are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
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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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We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.
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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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If you’re going to play the game [politics] properly, you’d better know every rule.
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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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