Barbara Jordan
Barbara Jordan
Barbara Charline Jordanwas a lawyer, educator, an American politician, and a leader of the Civil Rights movement. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction, the first Southern African American female elected to the United States House of Representatives, the first known lesbian elected to the United States Congress, and the first African-American woman to deliver a keynote address at a Democratic National Convention. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 February 1936
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance -- the one value that is indispensable in creating community.
Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.
It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.
If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.
Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.
It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.
Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.
For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.
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.
I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.
If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.
The arts, instead of quaking along the periphery of our policy concerns, must push boldly into the core of policy. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature and help to shape our identity. The arts are not a frill and should not be treated as such. They have the potential to become the driving force for healing division and divisiveness.