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.
BARBARA JORDAN
BARBARA JORDAN
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Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan 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 JordanBarbara Jordan Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan 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.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan 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.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan 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 JordanBarbara Jordan If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan 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.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan 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.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.
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