Barbara Jordan Quotes: top 42 famous quotes about Barbara Jordan

Barbara Jordan Quotes & Sayings

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I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person. — Barbara Jordan

The imperative is to define what is right and do it. — Barbara Jordan

Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other ... Fairness treats everbody the same. — Barbara Jordan

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment. — Barbara Jordan

For the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process. — Barbara Jordan

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

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise. — Barbara Jordan

And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine. — Tom Selleck

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

The stakes ... are too high for government to be a spectator sport. — Barbara Jordan

I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community. — Barbara Jordan

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. — Barbara Jordan

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. — Barbara Jordan

A good compromise, a good piece of ... — Barbara Jordan

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

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. — Barbara Jordan

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. — Barbara Jordan

Barbara Jordan is one [of the political heroes]. Her 1976 speech in New York inspired me to get into politics. — Donna Brazile

One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits. — Barbara Jordan

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good. — Barbara Jordan

The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms. — Barbara Jordan

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce. — Barbara Jordan

Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution. — Barbara Jordan

In the mind of the beginner, all things are possible, But in the mind of the expert, only a few. Zen Master Suzuki-Roshi — Barbara L. 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 Jordan

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person. — Barbara Jordan

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

When do any of us ever do enough? — Barbara Jordan

[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time. — Barbara Jordan

One thing is clear to me: we, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves. — Barbara Jordan

I never wanted to be run of the mill. — Barbara Jordan

If you're going to play the game properly you'd better know every rule. — Barbara Jordan

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future. — Barbara 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 Jordan

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision. — Barbara Jordan

For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it. — Barbara Jordan

Justice of right is always to take precedence over might. — Barbara Jordan

If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority. — Barbara Jordan

There 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 Jordan

Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.' — Barbara Jordan

The earth is bread we take and eat. — Barbara Jordan

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility. — Barbara Jordan