A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.

— Barbara Jordan

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

— Barbara Jordan

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

— Barbara Jordan

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.

— Barbara Jordan

I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it.

— Barbara Jordan

If you're going to play the game properly you'd better know every rule.

— Barbara Jordan

One thing is clear to me: we, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

— Barbara Jordan

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

— Barbara Jordan

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. Furthermore, we are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.

— Barbara Jordan

We believe in equality for all, and privileges for none. This is a belief that each American regardless of background has equal standing in the public forum, all of us. Because we believe this idea so firmly, we are an inclusive, rather than an exclusive party. Let everybody come.

— Barbara Jordan