Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Barbara Jordan Quotes: Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.
         

Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.


Barbara Jordan
Check all other quotes by Barbara Jordan

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Barbara Jordan Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Let-each-person-do-his-or-her-398296>.





Check out


Other quotes of Barbara Jordan


If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.

If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.



We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.



Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.

Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.



Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.

Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.



Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.



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

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



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 cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.



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

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



It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.

It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.





Other quotes you may like


When we look up at the sky, we are trying to find the way back to ourselves

When we look up at the sky, we are trying to find the way back to ourselves



Christlike attributes come into our lives as we exercise our agenncy righteously.

Christlike attributes come into our lives as we exercise our agenncy righteously.



What’s it like to be in love?”"It’s the most wonderful and terrible thing that can ever happen to you,

What’s it like to be in love?”"It’s the most wonderful and terrible thing that can ever happen to you,



There's something about these steps [in Oval Office] and thinking about everybody who's walked here and all the business that's been done here.

There's something about these steps [in Oval Office] and thinking about everybody who's walked here and all the business that's been done here.



Here is Heimel's Law: Anything you fantasize about won't come true. So just cut it out.

Here is Heimel's Law: Anything you fantasize about won't come true. So just cut it out.



There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.

There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.



We have only one task, to stand firm and carry on the racial struggle without mercy.

We have only one task, to stand firm and carry on the racial struggle without mercy.



What good is a beautiful dame with a Rolls-Royce frame, and a Volkswagen brain?

What good is a beautiful dame with a Rolls-Royce frame, and a Volkswagen brain?



I have an amazing relationship with my wife, but sometimes there are arguments. It happens.

I have an amazing relationship with my wife, but sometimes there are arguments. It happens.



Before you ever receive the wonderful treasures of a happy life, you must first give. Give of yourself. Be of service to others. Only what you give can be multiplied back into your own life.

Before you ever receive the wonderful treasures of a happy life, you must first give. Give of yourself. Be of service to others. Only what you give can be multiplied back into your own life.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.". Author of this quote is Barbara Jordan. This quote is about ideas, citizens, suffering, unwilling,.