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 More Quotes by Barbara Jordan More Quotes From 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 majorityubuntupeace My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminuation, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution. It is reason and not passion which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision. Barbara Jordan constitutionpassiondecision 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 holidayinspirational-lifeeducation We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves. Barbara Jordan acceptanceinspirationalpeople There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision. Barbara Jordan laworderpeople 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 constitutiondemocracytoday A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good. Barbara Jordan responsibilitysharecommon 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 philanthropyprivilegepeople Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment. Barbara Jordan politicalkeyseducation I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that you can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit. Barbara Jordan texaswantfeelings Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave. Barbara Jordan immigrationcredibilityshould 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 groupscitiesamerica 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 believecountrypeople "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 documentsseptemberpeople What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise. Barbara Jordan integritywarpeace If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them. Barbara Jordan resolveifsway Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. Barbara Jordan freedommemorableinspirational 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 angerfoodthinking A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. Barbara Jordan shaping-the-futurewillinggovernment One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits. Barbara Jordan illegalbenefitsimmigration
