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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.

Barbara Jordan

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
The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.
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Court Lasts Protection
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, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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Acceptance Inspirational People
We call ourselves public servants but I’ll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
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Example People Sea
I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
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Mills Persons Running
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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Believe Mistake Party
Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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Freedom Inspirational Memorable
“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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Documents People September
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
Life is too large to hang out a sign: ‘For Men Only.
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Hanging Life Men Out
When do any of us ever do enough?
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Any Effort Enough Hard Work
The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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Character Inspirational
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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Destiny Government Republic
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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Community Done Together
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.
BARBARA JORDAN

Creating Equality Keys Tolerance

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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