Barbara Jordan Quotes

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

~ Barbara Jordan

We believe in equality for all, and privileges for none. This is a belief that each American regardless of background has equal standing in the public forum, all of us. Because we believe this idea so firmly, we are an inclusive, rather than an exclusive party. Let everybody come.

~ Barbara Jordan

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

~ Barbara Jordan

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.

~ Barbara Jordan

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.

~ Barbara Jordan

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.

~ Barbara Jordan

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

~ Barbara Jordan

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

~ Barbara Jordan

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.

~ Barbara Jordan

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

~ Barbara Jordan