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“My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.”
— Statement before the House Judiciary Committee considering impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon (25 July 1974). (See External links)
“A spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny; if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.”
— Keynote address, Democratic National Convention, New York (12 July 1976). (see External links)
“You need a core inside you—a core that directs everything you do. You confer with it for guidance. It is not negotiable.”
— Scott Williams, “Jordan Praises Stockman,” Daily Texan (23 November 1981), as cited in Let me tell you what I've learned: Texas Wisewomen Speak, PJ Pierce, University of Texas Press (2010), p. 17
“This country can ill afford to continue to function using less than half of its human resources, less than half its kinetic energy, less than half its brain power.”
— Keynote address, Democratic National Convention (13 July 1992). (see External links)
“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.”
— As quoted in Wisdom For the Soul of Black Folk, ed. Larry Chang & Roderick Terry, Gnosophia Publishers (2007), p. 117
“It was immigration that taught us, it does not matter where you came from, or who your parents were. What counts is who you are.”
— Speaking as chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. Quoted by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) speaking before the U.S. House of Representatives “Tribute to the Late Hon. Barbara Jordan,” Congressional Record (24 January 1996), as cited in Let me tell you what I've learned: Texas Wisewomen Speak, PJ Pierce, University of Texas Press (2010), p. 17

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Barbara Jordan across IJR

Notable quotes

Notable quotes

Barbara Jordan across IJR