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# Barbara Jordan

(1936–1996)   Politician   United States

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Barbara Jordan was a politician from the United States, best known for *Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level*.

## Quick Facts About Barbara Jordan

Born February 21, 1936

Died January 17, 1996

Nationality United States

Profession Politician

Notable works Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level

## About Barbara Jordan

Barbara Charline Jordan was an American politician, attorney, and educator. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate since Reconstruction, the first woman descendant of American slavery elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and one of the first two African Americans elected to the U.S. House from the former Confederacy since 1901, alongside Andrew Young of Georgia.

## Awards & Honors

Presidential Medal of Freedom National Women's Hall of Fame Spingarn Medal Texas Women's Hall of Fame Elizabeth Blackwell Award Margaret Brent Award Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year

##  Quotes by Barbara Jordan · Page 2

> [We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/we-as-human-beings-must-be-willing-to-accept-people-who-are-different/)

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> [If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/if-we-promise-as-public-officials-we-must-deliver-if-we-as-public/)

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> [Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/education-remains-the-key-to-both-economic-and-political-empowerment/)

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> [A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/a-government-is-invigorated-when-each-of-us-is-willing-to-participate/)

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[Government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government/)

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> [What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/what-the-people-want-is-very-simple-they-want-an-america-as-good-as/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [The stakes ... are too high for government to be a spectator sport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/the-stakes-are-too-high-for-government-to-be-a-spectator-sport/)

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[Government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government/)

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> [The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/the-citizens-of-america-expect-more-they-deserve-and-they-want-more/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/if-you-re-going-to-play-the-game-properly-you-d-better-know-every-rule/)

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[Football](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/football/)

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> [We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/we-are-a-people-trying-not-only-to-solve-the-problems-of-the-present/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/for-our-immigration-policy-to-make-sense-it-is-necessary-to-make/)

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[Distinction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distinction/)

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> [I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning, I say: 'What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/i-live-a-day-at-a-time-each-day-i-look-for-a-kernel-of-excitement-in/)

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> [A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/a-spirit-of-harmony-can-only-survive-if-each-of-us-remembers-when/)

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[Bitterness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/)

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> [I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/i-felt-somehow-for-many-years-that-george-washington-and-alexander/)

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[Court](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/court/)

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> [We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/we-have-a-positive-vision-of-the-future-founded-on-the-belief-that/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, does not have it because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/i-believe-that-women-have-a-capacity-for-understanding-and-compassion/)

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> [Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/let-each-person-do-his-or-her-part-if-one-citizen-is-unwilling-to/)

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> [The Commission agrees that the federal government should help alleviate these costs. The best way to do so is to reduce illegal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/the-commission-agrees-that-the-federal-government-should-help/)

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> [If you had to work in the environment of Washington, D.C., as I do, and watch those men who are so imprisoned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/if-you-had-to-work-in-the-environment-of-washington-d-c-as-i-do-and/)

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> [Americanization means the process of becoming an American. It means civic incorporation, becoming a part of the polity - becoming one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/americanization-means-the-process-of-becoming-an-american-it-means/)

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> [I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/i-spent-my-entire-career-trying-to-protect-the-constitution-the-civil/)

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[American citizens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-citizens/)

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> [I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/i-have-confidence-that-we-can-form-this-kind-of-national-community/)

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[Community](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/community/)

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> [If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/if-youre-going-to-play-the-game-properly-youd-better-know-every-rule/)

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[African american](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/)

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> [Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/credibility-in-immigration-policy-can-be-summed-up-in-one-sentence/)

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[Credibility](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/credibility/)

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> [Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/today-i-am-an-inquisitor-i-shall-not-sit-here-and-be-an-idle/)

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[Constitution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/constitution/)

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> [Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/let-s-all-understand-that-these-guiding-principles-cannot-be/)

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[Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/)

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> [In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/in-other-times-i-could-stand-here-and-give-this-kind-of-exposition-on/)

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> [We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/we-are-a-people-in-a-quandary-about-the-present-we-are-a-people-in/)

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[Community](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/community/)

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> [Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/just-remember-the-world-is-not-a-playground-but-a-schoolroom-life-is/)

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[Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/)

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> [If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/if-the-society-today-allows-wrongs-to-go-unchallenged-the-impression/)

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[Approval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/approval/)

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> [Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/think-what-a-better-world-it-would-be-if-we-all-the-whole-world-had-2/)

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> [Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe that as the people of America sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/even-as-i-stand-here-and-admit-that-we-have-made-mistakes-i-still/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/throughout-out-history-when-people-have-looked-for-new-ways-to-solve/)

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> [The majority of the American people still believe that every single individual in this country is entitled to just as much respect,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/the-majority-of-the-american-people-still-believe-that-every-single/)

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[American people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-people/)

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> [More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/more-is-required-of-public-officials-than-slogans-and-handshakes-and/)

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[Future](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/)

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> [We can certainly defuse the intensity of the anti-immigrant feeling if we can bring some reality to the discussion by showing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/we-can-certainly-defuse-the-intensity-of-the-anti-immigrant-feeling/)

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> [We want to be in control of our lives. Whether we are jungle fighters, craftsmen, company men, gamesmen, we want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/we-want-to-be-in-control-of-our-lives-whether-we-are-jungle-fighters/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/let-us-heed-the-voice-of-the-people-and-recognize-their-common-sense/)

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> [We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/we-cannot-improve-on-the-system-of-government-handed-down-to-us-by/)

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[Democracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/)

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> [We must have an economy that does not force the migrant worker's child to miss school in order to earn...just so the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/we-must-have-an-economy-that-does-not-force-the-migrant-worker-s/)

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[Bankruptcy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bankruptcy/)

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> [Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/let-there-be-no-illusions-about-the-difficulty-of-forming-this-kind/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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## Barbara Jordan by topic

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