Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Barbara Jordan Quotes

Find the best Barbara Jordan quotes with images from our collection at QuotesLyfe. You can download, copy and even share it on Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Linkedin, Pinterst, Reddit, etc. with your family, friends, colleagues, etc. The available pictures of Barbara Jordan quotes can be used as your mobile or desktop wallpaper or screensaver.


Barbara Jordan Quotes: "We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves."

We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "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."

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.




Barbara Jordan Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment."

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.




Barbara Jordan Quotes: "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 Quotes: "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 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 Quotes: "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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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.



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "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."

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.



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

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




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

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Jordan Quotes: ""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.""

"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 Jordan Quotes: "One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits."

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



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

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



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

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



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Jordan Quotes: "Justice of right is always to take precedence over might."

Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.



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

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



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

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



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce."

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



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance."

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 Quotes: "I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning, I say: 'What is my exciting thing for today?' Then, I do the day. Don't ask me about tomorrow."

I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning, I say: 'What is my exciting thing for today?' Then, I do the day. Don't ask me about tomorrow.



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "When do any of us ever do enough?"

When do any of us ever do enough?



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

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



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "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 Quotes: "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."

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.



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "We can certainly defuse the intensity of the anti-immigrant feeling if we can bring some reality to the discussion by showing that they are not using that many resources."

We can certainly defuse the intensity of the anti-immigrant feeling if we can bring some reality to the discussion by showing that they are not using that many resources.



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "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."

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 Jordan Quotes: "If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule."

If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "The earth is bread we take and eat."

The earth is bread we take and eat.



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "The imperative is to define what is right and do it."

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Jordan Quotes: "Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans."

Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.



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

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



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more."

In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more.



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds."

We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America."

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "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."

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.



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

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



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds."

I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person."

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



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community."

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



Barbara Jordan Quotes: "...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process."

...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.