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Letter "B" » Barbara Jordan Quotes
«We must exchange the philosophy of excuse -- what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.»
Author: Barbara Jordan
«People assume that because other neighborhoods didn't have the damage of Homestead, that they aren't suffering, ... People are suffering.»
Author: Barbara Jordan
«[After the end of her term in Congress, Barbara Jordan was recruited for a faculty position at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.] I thought, now what better thing could I do than to go there, ... to the University of Texas, to the LBJ School and help those young people become the bright leaders of government as Lyndon Johnson so wanted?»
Author: Barbara Jordan
«My single greatest accomplishment is, I mean this quite sincerely ... it is representing hundreds, thousands, of heretofore nameless, faceless, voiceless people ... The letters I enjoy most are those who write and say, 'For the first time, I feel there is somebody talking for me.' If I've done anything, I have tried to represent them.»
Author: Barbara Jordan
«It is not going to be measuring the Maine Learning Results, the questions are based on national standards.»
Author: Barbara Jordan
«Of course, it has a long way to go. I'm just worried about the direction that it's taking -- the spending of the money and so forth.»
Author: Barbara Jordan
«The high school auditorium was packed. We had people with views from both sides, of course. It was at that time that I decided I was against incorporation.»
Author: Barbara Jordan
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