Quote by Barbara Jordan
Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world,

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 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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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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Future
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We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future. – Barbara Jordan

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Future
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A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. – George Osborne

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Society

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion. – Thomas Jefferson

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Society

The little things, I can obey. But the big things – how we think, what we value – those you must choose yourself. You cant let anyone – or any society – determine those for you. – Morrie Schwartz

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Society

The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society. – John Paul Stevens

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Society

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The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral. – H. L. Mencken

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It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely. – Albert Einstein

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alone

So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. – Bible

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Whether a womans running for office or shes supporting her husband whos running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, theres just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena. – Hillary Clinton

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History