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

Quote by Barbara Jordan

Topics: Black People Quotes

Life is too large to hang out a sign: For Men Only.

Life is too large to hang out a sign: For Men Only.

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

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

Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and...

Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and...

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

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

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should...

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should...

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.

I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does...

I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does...

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must...

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must...

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the...

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the...

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They...

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They...

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is...

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is...

I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th...

I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th...

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment,...

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment,...

There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people...

There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people...

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and...

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and...

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

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

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had...

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had...

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders...

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders...

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept...

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept...