Quote by Barbara Jordan
We call ourselves public servants but Ill tell you this: we as pub

We call ourselves public servants but Ill tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good. – Barbara Jordan

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Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three oclock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap. – Barbara Jordan

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We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done. – Barbara Jordan

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My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true. – Lenny Kravitz

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As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in anothers place. – Neil Kurshan

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A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance. – Alanis Morissette

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