Vernon Jordan
Vernon Jordan
Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr.is an American business executive and civil rights activist in the United States. A leading figure in the Civil Rights Movement, he was chosen by President Bill Clinton as a close adviser. Jordan has become known as an influential figure in American politics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth15 August 1935
CountryUnited States of America
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A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.
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I want to say absolutely and unequivocally that Ms. Lewinsky told me in no uncertain terms that she did not have a sexual relationship with the president. At no time did I ever say, suggest or intimate to her that she should lie.
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Where institutions in corporate America have, in fact, committed, you see the results. And where there is no commitment, the results are bad.
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What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.
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I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
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But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.
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September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
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My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.
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Terrorism is not new to black people.
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The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.
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Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and incentive have to come from the top.
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What I know about this world is white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.