We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that. – Barbara Jordan

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

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