There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.

More Quotes by Barbara Jordan

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

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

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

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

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