Barbara Jordan: “Common Sense would be revolted if we engaged upon this process for petty reasons.”

What the people want is simple. They want an American as good as its promise.

The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.

I would be the last person to claim that our Nation is perfect, but as a Nation we have a kind of perfection in us because our founding principle is universal. We are all created equal. People come from all over the world to take us up on…

I would not, quote, 'be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.'