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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.
Barbara Jordan
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Barbara Jordan
Age: 59 †
Born: 1936
Born: February 21
Died: 1996
Died: January 17
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Barbara Charline Jordan
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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.
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We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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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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A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
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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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Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.
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I never wanted to be run of the mill.
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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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The earth is bread we take and eat.
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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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My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminuation, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution. It is reason and not passion which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
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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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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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Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
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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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We must have an economy that does not force the migrant worker's child to miss school in order to earn...just so the family can eat. That is the moral bankruptcy that trickle-down economics is all about.
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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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The Commission agrees that the federal government should help alleviate these costs. The best way to do so is to reduce illegal immigration.... We recommend immediate reimbursement of criminal justice costs, because these conditions can now be met, but we urge further study of the costs of health care and education before impact aid is provided.
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