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Barbara Jordan Quotes: 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.


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A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.



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



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



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