Shaping Future Quotes by 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…

— Barbara Jordan

We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.

— Barbara Jordan

If you had to work in the environment of Washington, D.C., as I do, and watch those men who are so imprisoned and so…

— Barbara Jordan

If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.

— Barbara Jordan

All my growth and development led me to believe that if you really do the right thing, and if you play by the rules,…

— Barbara Jordan

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

— Barbara Jordan

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale…

— Barbara Jordan

My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and be an…

— Barbara Jordan

...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.

— Barbara Jordan

I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.

— Barbara Jordan

One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.

— Barbara Jordan

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

— Barbara Jordan

I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that…

— 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…

— 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…

— Barbara Jordan