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  • Barbara Jordan Quote - We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny. Download This Image
  • Barbara Jordan Quote - We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.
  • Barbara Jordan Quote - We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.
  • Barbara Jordan Quote - We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.
  • Barbara Jordan Quote - We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.
  • Barbara Jordan Quote - We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.
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We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems. Download This Image

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

    BARBARA JORDAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - If you’re going to play the game [politics] properly, you’d better know every rule. Download This Image

    If you’re going to play the game [politics] properly, you’d better know every rule.

    BARBARA JORDAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It’s tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny. Download This Image

    Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It’s tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - 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. Download This Image

    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.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - 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. Download This Image

    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
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest. Download This Image

    It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - 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. Download This Image

    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 JORDAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance — the one value that is indispensable in creating community. Download This Image

    How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance — the one value that is indispensable in creating community.

    BARBARA JORDAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted. Download This Image

    We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.

    BARBARA JORDAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - We want to be in control of our lives. Whether we are jungle fighters, craftsmen, company men, gamesmen, we want to be in control. And when the government erodes that control, we are not comfortable. Download This Image

    We want to be in control of our lives. Whether we are jungle fighters, craftsmen, company men, gamesmen, we want to be in control. And when the government erodes that control, we are not comfortable.

    BARBARA JORDAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - 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. Download This Image

    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 JORDAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - 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. Download This Image

    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 JORDAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us. Download This Image

    Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.

    BARBARA JORDAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them. Download This Image

    If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.

    BARBARA JORDAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in ‘We, the people.’ Download This Image

    I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in ‘We, the people.’

    BARBARA JORDAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Barbara Jordan Quote - 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. Download This Image

    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 JORDAN