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 must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national communit...”

“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 Pre...”

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

“Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have...”

“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.”

“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 o...”

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

“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 aga...”

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

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

“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 on...”