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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.

Barbara Jordan

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.
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Innovation Order Party
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
The stakes … are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
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Government Sports Stakes
We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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Acceptance Inspirational People
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
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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Erode Men 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
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse – what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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Excuse Philosophy Responsibility
Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.
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Justice Peace Ubuntu
Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.
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Citizens Ideas Suffering
Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other …Fairness treats everbody the same.
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Boards Fairness Requirements
If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.
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Change Dissatisfied Resolve Way
[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time.
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Emotional Immigration Issues
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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Feelings Immigration Reality
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
Let’s all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Country Guiding Principles Ideas

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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