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
What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise. – Barbara Jordan
A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. – 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