“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“Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.”
Barbara Jordan“A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.”
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“What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.”
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“Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.”
Barbara Jordan“One thing is clear to me: we, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.”
Barbara Jordan“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