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Barbara Jordan

"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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"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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"It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting."

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"We ought to know that all people are not the same and so we must not expect the same attitude from all people. Different people behave differently and that is what makes different people different."

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"If you have carefully examined hundred people you met in your life journey, it means that you have read hundred different books! Every person you know is a book; world is full of walking books; some are boring, some are marvellous, some are weak, some are powerful, but they are all useful because they all carry different experiences of different paths!"

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"Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States."

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"People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else."

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"Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them."

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"People always ask me, how do you do everything you do?"

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"It only takes five people in black robes to determine such crucial issues for our country as abortion, pornography, same-sex 'marriage,' and religious liberties."

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"It is dishonest the way that people suddenly think they've found guitars, and wear their guitar as a badge."

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"I think that people ran out of oxygen and don't really know what happened up there, maybe some of them just made things up because they weren't sure what had happened."

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

Community

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

People

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Barbara Jordan
"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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Barbara Jordan
"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."

Society

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

Government

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Barbara Jordan
"In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more."

People

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Barbara Jordan
"I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in "We, the people.""

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

Nation

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Barbara Jordan
"What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance."

Government

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

Decision

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