Quote by Barbara Jordan
More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes a

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future. – Barbara Jordan

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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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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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Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us. – Jean de la Bruyere

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Rather than waiting for future trials to determine rules that will impact every citizen, Congress should step in and write a law that takes every Americans rights into consideration. – Ron Wyden

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While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied – and to some extent overshadowed – by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future. – John Podhoretz

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In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind. – Tony Blair

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