It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
BARBARA JORDAN
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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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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Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.
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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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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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When do any of us ever do enough?
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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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If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
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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.
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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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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.
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