I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
More Quotes from Barbara Jordan:
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
We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.
Barbara Jordan
Life is too large to hang out a sign: "For Men Only."
Barbara Jordan
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.
Barbara 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 Jordan
The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
Barbara Jordan
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