Barbara Jordan Quote

Those who hold the public trust must adhere to the highest ethical standards there are. The job requires it, and the public must demand it.

Remarks at the University of Texas at Austin (22 February 1991), as cited in Let me tell you what I've learned: Texas Wisewomen Speak, PJ Pierce, University of Texas Press (2010), p. 17

Those who hold the public trust must adhere to the highest ethical standards there are. The job requires it, and the public must demand it.

Those who hold the public trust must adhere to the highest ethical standards there are. The job requires it, and the public must demand it.

Those who hold the public trust must adhere to the highest ethical standards there are. The job requires it, and the public must demand it.

Those who hold the public trust must adhere to the highest ethical standards there are. The job requires it, and the public must demand it.