In a speech of January 7, 2023 delivered on the floor of the U. S. House of Representatives, and titled A Year of Ambiguity: What Direction Will We Choose? the Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, alphabetically stated the following:
“House Democrats will always put:
American values over autocracy
Benevolence over bigotry
The Constitution over the cult
Democracy over demagogues
Economic opportunity over extremism
Freedom over fascism
Governing over gaslighting
Hopefulness over hatred
Inclusion over isolation
Justice over judicial overreach
Knowledge over kangaroo courts
Liberty over limitation
Maturity over Mar-a-Lago
Normalcy over negativity
Opportunity over obstruction
People over politics
Quality of life issues over Q-Anon
Reason over racism
Substance over slander
Triumph over tyranny
Understanding over uglieness
Voting Rights over voter suppression
Working families over the well-connected
Xenial over xenophobia
Yes we can over you can’t do it
And zealous representation over zero-sum confrontation.”
His speech appeared on pages 47 and 48 in the March 2023 issue of Vital Speeches of the Day magazine.
The image was adapted from page 511 of The Grammar of Ornament.
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