If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.
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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We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.
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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.
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Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.
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Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other …Fairness treats everbody the same.
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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse – what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
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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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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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I never wanted to be run of the mill.
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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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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.
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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.
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If you’re going to play the game [politics] properly, you’d better know every rule.
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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, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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