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> [What I know about this world is white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/what-i-know-about-this-world-is-white-people-will-take-care-of/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

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## More by Vernon Jordan

> [A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/a-lot-of-companies-make-diversity-a-part-of-the-performance-goals/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

> [Terrorism is not new to black people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/terrorism-is-not-new-to-black-people/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

> [The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/the-last-job-i-applied-for-was-to-be-a-bus-driver-for-the-chicago/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

> [I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/i-m-here-because-i-stand-on-many-many-shoulders-and-that-s-true-of/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

> [You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/you-are-where-you-are-today-because-you-stand-on-somebody-s-shoulders/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

> [What I know about this world is white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/what-i-know-about-this-world-is-white-people-will-take-care-of/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

> [But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/but-there-will-come-a-time-and-a-place-to-give-back-and-each/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

> [My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/my-mother-was-the-president-of-the-pta-at-every-school-i-attended/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

> [You're in love, that's what your problem is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/you-re-in-love-that-s-what-your-problem-is/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

> [Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/every-company-every-boardroom-in-which-i-sit-has-a-plan-and-they-have/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

> [You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/you-have-to-be-careful-how-you-re-using-the-word-boycott/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

> [September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/september-11-stands-on-its-own-as-a-terrible-tragedy/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

> [I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jordan/i-had-a-sense-of-what-leadership-meant-and-what-it-could-do-for-you/)

[Vernon Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jordan/)

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