Barbara Jordan's Quote - More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes a

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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What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise. – 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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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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