Quote by Barbara Jordan
Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. – Barbara Jordan

Other quotes by Barbara Jordan

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance. – Barbara Jordan

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Government
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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 people in search of a national community. – Barbara Jordan

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Future
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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 can one day be finally closed. We believe that. – Barbara Jordan

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Future
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Other Quotes from
Black History
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The Negro is the child of two cultures – Africa and America. The problem is that in the search for wholeness all too many Negroes seek to embrace only one side of their natures. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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Black History

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. – Carol Moseley-Braun

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Black History

There comes a time when people get tired of being plunged into the abyss of exploitation and nagging injustice. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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Black History

Have a vision of excellence, a dream of success, and work like hell. – Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, advice to all black youth, c.1967

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Black History

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Sunshine

A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. Im using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of electronic equipment to say that. – Laurie Anderson

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Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication – particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials. – Thor Heyerdahl

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communication