More from Barbara 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 We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan
Original quotes
From our community writers
Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
Juwairiyyah OlgarJuwairiyyah Olgar
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I don’t write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment.
Alan MenkenAlan Menken When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
Alan PatonAlan Paton Well, you probably will always believe there should be laws against fraud, and I don’t think there is any need for a law against fraud.
Alan GreenspanAlan Greenspan Bad User on Device is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically.
Alan KayAlan Kay I’d rather be David Ladd’s father than Alan Ladd any day.
Alan LaddAlan Ladd There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
Alan KingAlan King Any journey around Islington involves hundreds of speed bumps that seem to tear the bottom of your car off.
Alan DaviesAlan Davies Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
Alan ChambersAlan Chambers
