[After the end of her term in Congress, Barbara Jordan was recruited for a faculty position at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.] I thought, now what better thing could I do than to go there, ... to the University of Texas, to the LBJ School and help those young people become the bright leaders of government as Lyndon Johnson so wanted? |
All my growth and development led me to believe that if you really do the right thing, and if you play by the rules, and if you've got good enough, solid judgment and common sense, that you're going to be able to do whatever you want to do with your life. |
Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. |
Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment. |
I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in "We, the people. |
I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning I say: "What is my exciting thing for today?" Then, I do the day. Don't ask me about tomorrow. |
I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person. |
If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule. |
It is far better to deter illegal immigration than to play the cat-and-mouse game that results from apprehensions followed by return followed by re-entry. Our goal should be zero apprehensions -- not because aliens get past the Border Patrol, but because they are prevented entry in the first place. |
It is not going to be measuring the Maine Learning Results, the questions are based on national standards. |
Life is too large to hang out a sign: "For men Only |
My single greatest accomplishment is, I mean this quite sincerely ... it is representing hundreds, thousands, of heretofore nameless, faceless, voiceless people ... The letters I enjoy most are those who write and say, 'For the first time, I feel there is somebody talking for me.' If I've done anything, I have tried to represent them. |
Of course, it has a long way to go. I'm just worried about the direction that it's taking -- the spending of the money and so forth. |
One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves. |
People assume that because other neighborhoods didn't have the damage of Homestead, that they aren't suffering, ... People are suffering. |