If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.
BARBARA JORDAN
BARBARA JORDAN
Barbara Jordan on majority
Barbara Jordan72 quotes“If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.”
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Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan …for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan 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 JordanBarbara Jordan 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.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that you can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan The majority of the American people still believe that every single individual in this country is entitled to just as much respect, just as much dignity, as every other individual.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan Life is too large to hang out a sign: ‘For Men Only.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other …Fairness treats everbody the same.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan Things which matter cost money, and we’ve got to spend the money if we do not want to have generations of parasites rather than generations of productive citizens.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan When do any of us ever do enough?
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Lord ActonLord Acton It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
Lord ActonLord Acton The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
Lord ActonLord Acton The majority of the time, you go out to eat with your teammates, then rest for the next day’s game. It’s not a vacation – most guys view the road as a business trip.
Kevin DurantKevin Durant Since these early days, I have seen and have experienced many types of discrimination and all of them were rooted in the fear of people that were different than the majority.
Tim CookTim Cook It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play.
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