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 JORDANI never wanted to be run of the mill.
More Barbara Jordan Quotes
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I never wanted to be run of the mill.
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We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.
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We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.
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We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.
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A 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.
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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.
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Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
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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.
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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.
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…for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.
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Life is too large to hang out a sign: ‘For Men Only.
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A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
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I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
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Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe that as the people of America sit in judgment on each party, they will recognize that our mistakes were mistakes of the heart. They’ll recognize that.
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It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.
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The majority of the American people still believe that every single individual in this country is entitled to just as much respect, just as much dignity, as every other individual.
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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse – what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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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.
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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.’
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I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
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Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.
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If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.
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We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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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.
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