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Barbara Jordan: We must exchange...

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

Source: Speech at Bar Association, 1967.
-- Barbara Jordan, (Feb 21 1936-1996), US lawyer, educator, politician; She served as U.S. congressional representative from Texas, 1972-78; first black congresswoman to come from the Deep South.


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