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Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

Barbara Jordan

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Barbara Jordan
Age: 59 †
Born: 1936
Born: February 21
Died: 1996
Died: January 17
American Politician
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Lawyer
Politician
University Teacher
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Houston
Texas
Barbara Charline Jordan
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I never wanted to be run of the mill.
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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.
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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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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.
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The earth is bread we take and eat.
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...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.
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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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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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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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There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.
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There is no executive order there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.
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Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe that as the people of America sit in judgment on each party, they will recognize that our mistakes were mistakes of the heart. They'll recognize that.
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One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
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We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.
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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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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.
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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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If you're going to play the game [politics] properly, you'd better know every rule.
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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.
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