Barbara Jordan Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.”

“I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it.”

“A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.”

“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.”

“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 community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.”