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 JORDANIn 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.
More Barbara Jordan Quotes
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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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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I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning, I say: ‘What is my exciting thing for today?’ Then, I do the day. Don’t ask me about tomorrow.
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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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It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
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We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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Life is too large to hang out a sign: ‘For Men Only.
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The earth is bread we take and eat.
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“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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We can certainly defuse the intensity of the anti-immigrant feeling if we can bring some reality to the discussion by showing that they are not using that many resources.
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If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.
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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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A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
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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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