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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.
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One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
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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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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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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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The earth is bread we take and eat.
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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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Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.
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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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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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All my growth and development led me to believe that if you really do the right thing, and if you play by the rules, and if you?ve got good enough, solid judgment and common sense, that you?re going to be able to do whatever you want to do with your life.
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How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance -- the one value that is indispensable in creating community.
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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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I never wanted to be run of the mill.
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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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