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The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.

Barbara Jordan

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.
BARBARA JORDAN

Law Order People
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.
BARBARA JORDAN

People Ties Voice
A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.
BARBARA JORDAN

Destiny Equality Peace
We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.
BARBARA JORDAN

Believe Positive Reality
We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation… but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.
BARBARA JORDAN

Attempt Country People Promise
Life is too large to hang out a sign: ‘For Men Only.
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Hanging Life Men Out
Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other …Fairness treats everbody the same.
BARBARA JORDAN

Boards Fairness Requirements
Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.
BARBARA JORDAN

Education Holiday Inspirational Life
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
I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
BARBARA JORDAN

Community Form Kind
We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
BARBARA JORDAN

Backgrounds Made Party
The stakes … are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
BARBARA JORDAN

Government Sports Stakes
A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
BARBARA JORDAN

Future Government Shaping Willing
“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.”
BARBARA JORDAN

Documents People September
If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.
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Games Play Political
The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
BARBARA JORDAN

Character Inspirational

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