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

Barbara Jordan · Future

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Barbara Jordan

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

Future

Barbara Jordan

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.

Future

Barbara Jordan

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.

Good

Barbara Jordan

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Education