Barbara Jordan Quotes

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.
Barbara Jordan

Society, Down, Whole

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.
Barbara Jordan

Good, Simple, America

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
Barbara Jordan

Good, Tell, Nation

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
Barbara Jordan

Equality, Power, Brain

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
Barbara Jordan

Good, Nation, Common

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
Barbara Jordan

Philosophy, Control, Beyond

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
Barbara Jordan

Education, Political, Both

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.
Barbara Jordan

Future, Cannot, Flee

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
Barbara Jordan

Passion, Decision, Reason

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
Barbara Jordan

Human, Different, Accept

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
Barbara Jordan

Government, Future, Nation

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
Barbara Jordan

Define, Imperative

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.
Barbara Jordan

Work, Hard, Path

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants.
Barbara Jordan

Great, America, Become

I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it.
Barbara Jordan

Women, Cannot, Compassion

In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more.
Barbara Jordan

Today, Give, Enough

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.
Barbara Jordan

Future, Vision, Public

I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
Barbara Jordan

Confidence, Community, National

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.
Barbara Jordan

Person, Become, Intended

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
Barbara Jordan

Public, Promise, Propose

If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
Barbara Jordan

Game, Play, Rule

Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'
Barbara Jordan

Life, Men, Large

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
Barbara Jordan

America, Problems, Expect

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
Barbara Jordan

Future, Community, Present

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.
Barbara Jordan

America, Party, Democratic

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: February 21, 1936

Died: January 17, 1996

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