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.
BARBARA JORDANHow 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.
More Barbara Jordan Quotes
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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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Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other …Fairness treats everbody the same.
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A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse – what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.
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There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.
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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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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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…for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.
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The stakes … are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
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I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that you can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit.
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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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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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If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
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What the people want is very simple – they want an America as good as its promise.
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