We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.
Barbara JordanA nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
Barbara JordanWe, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
Barbara JordanThe Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.
Barbara Jordan