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"The Democratic Party is still the party of the
people, the party dedicated to empowering Americans from all walks
of life. It is the party that believes government can and must play
an important role in improving people's lives. It is the party that
is constantly striving to achieve that 'more perfect union,' to make
America the nation it promises to be. I am a Democrat because I can't
possibly imagine being anything but a Democrat."
— Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown |
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"...the two political parties in our history
have always been divided, as Emerson said, into the party of hope
and the party of memory." — President John F. Kennedy
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add
more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide
enough for those who have too little."
— President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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The Democratic party, at its best, is the party
of inclusion and expansion...it is the party that led the drive
after the great depression for social security of seniors, for jobs
for common people, for mass-based education, for civil rights bills
of the sixties."
— Reverend Jesse Jackson
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"As the modern champion of the rights of minorities,
women, and working families, the Democratic party opened the door
to me."
— Governor Ann Richards |
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"The Democratic party I've come to understand
is an inclusive and diverse party whose principles are drawn from
the same roots that guided men who wrote our constitution."
— Senator George Mitchell
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"...the fundamental appeal of the Democratic party
has always been grounded in the principles of fairness, opportunity,
equal justice for all and a firm belief that the mission of government
is not to stand on the sidelines, but to be active in pursuing these
goals for the people."
— Senator Ted Kennedy |
