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

Quote by Barbara Jordan

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We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in...

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in...

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

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

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

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members...

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members...

We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and...

We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and...

We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap...

We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap...

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital...

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital...

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...

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...

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

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

I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of...

I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe...

Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe...

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are...

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are...