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Barbara Jordan

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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America Citizens Want
We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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Backgrounds Made Party
I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
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Mills Persons Running
“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.”
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Documents People September
Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
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Education Keys Political
We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.
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Destiny Government Republic
A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
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Future Government Shaping Willing
The stakes … are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
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Government Sports Stakes
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.
BARBARA JORDAN

Erode Men Want
I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
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Community Form Kind
The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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Character Inspirational
If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
BARBARA JORDAN

Politics Produce Promise
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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Common Responsibility Share
I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in ‘We, the people.’
BARBARA JORDAN

Mistake People Years
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 JORDAN

Country Democratic Party Thinking
Let’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.
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Country Guiding Principles Ideas

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