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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.
Barbara Jordan
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Barbara Jordan
Age: 59 †
Born: 1936
Born: February 21
Died: 1996
Died: January 17
American Politician
Author
Lawyer
Politician
University Teacher
Writer
Houston
Texas
Barbara Charline Jordan
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Emotion
Belief
Prevail
Faith
Strongest
Young
Tolerance
Love
Caring
People
Emotions
Youth
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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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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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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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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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Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.
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One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
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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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The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.
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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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I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that you can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit.
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But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants.
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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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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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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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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 must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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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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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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