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

Quote by Barbara Jordan

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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.

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national...

Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national...

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.

We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we...

We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we...

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...

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as...

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate,...

Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate,...

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...

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...

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one...

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one...