Barbara Jordan on america
Barbara Jordan72 quotes“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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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 There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan 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 JordanBarbara Jordan The stakes … are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan 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 JordanBarbara Jordan 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 JordanBarbara Jordan “We, the people.” It is a very elegant beginning. But when that document was completed on the 17th of September in 1787, I was not included in that “We, the people.”
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan 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.
Barbara JordanBarbara Jordan Our 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.
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