Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.
BARBARA JORDANThe citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
More Barbara Jordan Quotes
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Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It’s tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny.
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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.
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It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.
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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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I never wanted to be run of the mill.
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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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I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which a man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He’s just incapable of it.
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If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.
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For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.
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If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.
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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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A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
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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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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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Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
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