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Barbara Jordan quotes: I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.

I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.

Barbara Jordan quotes: The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

Barbara Jordan quotes: Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other ... Fairness treats everbody the same.

Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other ... Fairness treats everbody the same.

Barbara Jordan quotes: Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Barbara Jordan quotes: For the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.

For the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.

Barbara Jordan quotes: If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.

If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.

Barbara Jordan quotes: What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.

Barbara Jordan quotes: The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.

Barbara Jordan quotes: The stakes ... are too high for government to be a spectator sport.

The stakes ... are too high for government to be a spectator sport.

Barbara Jordan quotes: I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.

I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.

Barbara Jordan quotes: We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

Barbara Jordan quotes: A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.

Barbara Jordan quotes: A good compromise, a good piece of ...

A good compromise, a good piece of ...

Barbara Jordan quotes: It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.

It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.

Barbara Jordan quotes: A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.

A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.

Barbara Jordan quotes: Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

Barbara Jordan quotes: One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.

One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.

Barbara Jordan quotes: A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

Barbara Jordan quotes: The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.

The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.

Barbara Jordan quotes: If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

Barbara Jordan quotes: I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.

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 quotes: 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.

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.

Barbara Jordan quotes: I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.

Barbara Jordan quotes: We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.

We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.

Barbara Jordan quotes: When do any of us ever do enough?

When do any of us ever do enough?

Barbara Jordan quotes: [It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time.

[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time.

Barbara Jordan quotes: One thing is clear to me: we, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

One thing is clear to me: we, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

Barbara Jordan quotes: I never wanted to be run of the mill.

I never wanted to be run of the mill.

Barbara Jordan quotes: If you're going to play the game properly you'd better know every rule.

If you're going to play the game properly you'd better know every rule.

Barbara Jordan quotes: 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.

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.

Barbara Jordan quotes: It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.

It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.

Barbara Jordan quotes: It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.

Barbara Jordan quotes: For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.

For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.

Barbara Jordan quotes: Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.

Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.

Barbara Jordan quotes: If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.

If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.

Barbara Jordan quotes: 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.

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.

Barbara Jordan quotes: Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'

Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'

Barbara Jordan quotes: The earth is bread we take and eat.

The earth is bread we take and eat.

Barbara Jordan quotes: For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.