Quotes By Barbara Jordan

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.

Life is too large to hang out a sign: "For Men Only."

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.

I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.

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.

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.

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

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

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.