It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to man…

Barbara Jordan
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It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.
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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. ✨ Barbara Jordan, Shelby Hearon (1979). Barbara Jordan … ▶
We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order t … ▶
Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us rememb … ▶
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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. ✨ Barbara Jordan, Max R. Sherman (2007). Barbara Jordan: Speaking … ▶

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

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