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 JORDANWe 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 JORDANThe stakes … are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
BARBARA JORDANI have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.
BARBARA JORDANOur concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
BARBARA JORDANFairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other …Fairness treats everbody the same.
BARBARA JORDANA government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
BARBARA JORDANIf the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.
BARBARA JORDANThink 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 JORDANA spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.
BARBARA JORDANThere 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 JORDANDo not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
BARBARA JORDANEducation remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
BARBARA JORDANWe 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 JORDANI have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
BARBARA JORDANIf we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
BARBARA JORDANWe 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