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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.

Barbara Jordan

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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Community Our Future People
One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
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Benefits Illegal Immigration
The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.
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Court Lasts Protection
Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
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Belief People View
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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Future Government Inspirational
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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Party People Political
The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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America Citizens Want
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
Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
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Education Keys Political
But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants.
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America Cities Groups
Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.
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Justice Peace Ubuntu
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
…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
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
If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.
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Games Play Political
It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.
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People Philanthropy Privilege

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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