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A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
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A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
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Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe that as the people of America sit in judgment on each party, they will recognize that our mistakes were mistakes of the heart. They'll recognize that.
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I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
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I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.
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I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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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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It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
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Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Life is too large to hang out a sign: "For Men Only."
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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.
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.
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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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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 to achieve a better future.
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.
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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.
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We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.
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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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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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Category: Political Quotes
Occupation: Lawyer
Date of Birth: February 21, 1936
Date of Death: January 17, 1996
Nationality: American





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