American - Politician | February 21, 1936 - January 17, 1996
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.
Barbara Jordan
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If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
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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.
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I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
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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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