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Quote by Barbara Jordan
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We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny. – Barbara Jordan

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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future. – Barbara Jordan

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Future
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We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that. – Barbara Jordan

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

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Majority rule only works if youre also considering individual rights. Because you cant have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper. – Larry Flynt

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It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. Thats set out in the Constitution. – Sandra Day OConnor

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There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows Im not a criminal. The parole board knows Im not a criminal. The judge knows Im not a criminal. – Jack Kevorkian

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We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries – the financial industry or any other industry. – Rand Paul

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Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put into mens heads by the tales and whisperings of others, have stings. – Francis Bacon

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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln

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Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time. – Cardinal De Rets

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