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There 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 Jordan

The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.
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Court Lasts Protection
A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
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Future Government Shaping Willing
Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave.
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Credibility Immigration Policy Sentence
Things which matter cost money, and we’ve got to spend the money if we do not want to have generations of parasites rather than generations of productive citizens.
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Citizens Cost Generations
I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in ‘We, the people.’
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Mistake People Years
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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Believe Country 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
It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
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Decision Emotional Passion
We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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Backgrounds Made Party
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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Balance Government Ideas
We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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Acceptance Inspirational People
Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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Freedom Inspirational Memorable
What the people want is very simple – they want an America as good as its promise.
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Integrity Peace War
Life is too large to hang out a sign: ‘For Men Only.
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Hanging Life Men Out
…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
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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Authority Believe People

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