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There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

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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 Jordan

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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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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. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

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Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for. ↗

— David Starr Jordan

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We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world. ↗

— Hamilton Jordan

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You mentioned Ross Perot. Mr. Perot jumped into the race at the last minute, had one issue that he ran on, the budget deficit, was in and out of the race a couple of times, and still got 20 million votes, didn't have the Internet. ↗

— Hamilton Jordan

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To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way. ↗

— June Jordan

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Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's important. ↗

— June Jordan

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I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest. ↗

— June Jordan

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