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.
BARBARA JORDANLet’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.
More Barbara Jordan Quotes
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We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.
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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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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse – what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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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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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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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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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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Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.
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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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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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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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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.
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