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.
More Quotes from Barbara Jordan:
The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.Barbara Jordan
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
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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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.
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