On the recordJanuary 24, 1996
I intend for my few minutes to be devoted to proving that proposition. Her presence was so awesome that she is likely to be remembered more for her voice and her style than for her substance. That would be just too bad. For in this world it is not how you say what you have to say, it is indeed what you have to say. And if you have nothing to say, the most resonant voice should do you no good. Why is it that when Barbara Jordan spoke, everybody listened? Was it really a matter of style? I submit that it was a matter of substance. To be sure, amplified by a very original and very forceful style. But I hope that we listened to what Barbara Jordan had to say, for here was a woman who had something to say. We are inclined to look at our leaders in surface ways, especially in the age of television and demonstrations.
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