Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
BARBARA JORDAN
BARBARA JORDAN
Barbara Jordan on keys
Barbara Jordan72 quotes“Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.”
More from Barbara Jordan
Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which a man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He’s just incapable of it.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan 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 JordanBarbara Jordan 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 JordanBarbara Jordan 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 JordanBarbara Jordan The earth is bread we take and eat.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan 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 JordanBarbara Jordan If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan Let’s all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation… but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan We must exchange the philosophy of excuse – what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan We must have an economy that does not force the migrant worker’s child to miss school in order to earn…just so the family can eat. That is the moral bankruptcy that trickle-down economics is all about.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan
Original quotes
From our community writers
Our only limitation is that we only believe what is visible to our eyes and audible to our ears.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel Some days, you will be close to the finish line and still not make it.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
Bell HooksBell Hooks I separated someplace for each person in my heart, But she claimed to be the owner of it.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Modern-day love stories are born not out of love, but a tired mind and a restless heart.
Puneet MehraPuneet Mehra Forcing things only creates more tension in the mind. Let go.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase It doesn’t take courage to find peace in the arms of destiny. It takes faith.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg I can’t wait to collect memories from every corner of the earth to splash in the vastness of this beautiful world.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry
Meet the writers
More on keys
The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible.
Beverly ClearyBeverly Cleary The key to life is to set goals and go after those goals, don’t hold anything back.
Benson HendersonBenson Henderson The first line is the DNA of the poem; the rest of the poem is constructed out of that first line. A lot of it has to do with tone because tone is the key signature for the poem. The basis of trust for a reader used to be meter and end-rhyme.
Billy CollinsBilly Collins Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.
Bill CrawfordBill Crawford Bikram Yoga will give you ‘The Key to the Kingdom of Health’
Bikram ChoudhuryBikram Choudhury Having your goal to focus on is key, but don’t let it become more important than your excellence next year and the year after.
Bill RodgersBill Rodgers If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along – whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.
Bernard MeltzerBernard Meltzer I love everything about motels. I can’t help myself. I still get excited every time I slip a key into a motel room door and fling it open.
Bill BrysonBill Bryson