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I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I. ↗

— Janis Joplin

#badly #beatnik #beatniks #good #got

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

— Barbara Jordan

#black #brain #brain power #call #green

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

— Barbara Jordan

#common good #each #formed #good #nation

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#beyond #control #exchange #excuse #i

We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#belief #believe #between #closed #day

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#economic #education #empowerment #key #political

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#must #officials #produce #promise #propose

Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#democratic party #history #looked #many #nation

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#destiny #down #find #founders #government

I'm in great shape, back-in-my-football-days shape. I've worked hard to get to this point. ↗

— Brian Jordan

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