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2019年quot;Who Then Will Speak for -范文汇编 　　barbara jordan: who then will speak for the common good? thank you ladies and gentlemen for a very warm reception. it was one hundred and forty-four years ago that members of the democratic party first met in convention to select a presidential candidate. since that time, democrats have continued to convene once every four years and draft a party platform and nominate a presidential candidate. and our meeting this week is a continuation of that tradition. but there is something different about tonight. there is something special about tonight. what is different? what is special? i, barbara jordan, am a keynote speaker. now that i have this grand distinction what in the world am i supposed to say? i could easily spend this time praising the accomplishments of this party and attacking the republicans -- but i dont choose to do that. i could list the many problems which americans have. i could list the problems which cause people to feel cynical, angry, frustrated: problems which include lack of integrity in government; the feeling that the individual no longer counts; the reality of material and spiritual poverty; the feeling that the grand american experiment is failing or has failed. i could recite these problems, and then i could sit down and offer no solutions. but i dont choose to do that either. the citizens of america expect more. they deserve and they want more than a recital of problems. 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. we are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present, unemployment, inflation, but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of america. we are attempting to fulfill our national purpose, to create and sustain a society in which all of us are equal. throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the princip