Quote by Barbara Jordan
What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good

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

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Future
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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

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Future
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America
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Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field. – James Baldwin

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America

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. – Sinclair Lewis

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America

America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people. – Gloria Steinem

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America

America fears the unshaven legs, the unshaven mens cheeks, the aroma of perspiration, and the limp prick. Above all it fears the limp prick. – Walter Abish

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America

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Money doesnt buy class. – Kiana Tom

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I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. Its seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. Its seeing what other people dont see And pursuing that vision. – Howard Schultz

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Future

Poverty has no greater foe than bashfulness. – Proverb

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Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. – Janet Lane

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