Author: Barbara Jordan

Quotes

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.

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 Jordan

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

- Barbara 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.

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

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

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

- Barbara Jordan

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

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

- Barbara Jordan

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

- Barbara Jordan

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

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

- Barbara Jordan

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

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

- Barbara Jordan

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