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

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 that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny. – Barbara Jordan

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Government
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A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. – 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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Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril. – William Lloyd Garrison

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Black History

Prejudice is the child of ignorance. – William Hazlitt

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Black History

No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. – Booker T. Washington

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Black History

Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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Black History

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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. – Epictetus

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Abstinence

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age. – James Joyce

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Age

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency. – Wendell Phillips

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Hope

Men do weird things when they experience fear. Its like a fight-or-flight thing. – Rashida Jones

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Experience