Our Friends Barbara Jordaon Quotes
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~ Barbara Jordaon Quote
All my growth and development led me to believe that if you really do the right thing, and if you play by the rules, and if you've got good enough, solid judgment and common sense, that you're going to be able to do whatever you want to do with your life.
~ Barbara Jordaon Quote
For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.
~ Barbara Jordaon Quote
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 Jordaon Quote
Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.
~ Barbara Jordaon Quote
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 Jordaon Quote
I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
~ Barbara Jordaon Quote
What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.
~ Barbara Jordaon Quote
I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
~ Barbara Jordaon Quote
Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
~ Barbara Jordaon Quote
I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.
~ Barbara Jordaon Quote
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 Jordaon Quote
But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants.
~ Barbara Jordaon Quote
Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
~ Barbara Jordaon Quote
The high school auditorium was packed. We had people with views from both sides, of course. It was at that time that I decided I was against incorporation.
~ Barbara Jordaon Quote