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.
BARBARA JORDANIf youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.
More Barbara Jordan Quotes
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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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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.
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The earth is bread we take and eat.
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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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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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In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more.
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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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If you had to work in the environment of Washington, D.C., as I do, and watch those men who are so imprisoned and so confined by their eighteenth-century thought patterns, you would know that if anybody is going to be liberated, it’s men who must be liberated in this country.
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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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We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.
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I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
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I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.
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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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We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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