Things which matter cost money, and we've got to spend the money if we do not want to … - Barbara Jordan

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Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.

Barbara Jordan

Things which matter cost money, and we've got to spend the money if we do not want to have generations of parasites rather than generations of productive citizens.

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