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Us Quotes by Barbara Jordan
- Americanization means the process of becoming an American. It means civic incorporation, becoming a part of the polity - becoming one of us. But that…
- Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all:…
- When do any of us ever do enough?
- A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
- A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
- Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American…
- Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of…
- Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we…
- Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in…
- We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon…
- A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.
- The arts are not a frill. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature, and help to shape our identity. What is…
More Us Quotes
- Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave. — Mahmoud Abbas
- Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us! — Richard Bach
- All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. — Karen Armstrong