Barbara Jordan

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”