There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps… then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.
JESSE JACKSONWe’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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He should be removed from the airwaves as soon as possible. Bill Bennett owes America an apology. He certainly owes African-Americans an apology.
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If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.
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Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
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Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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We began to talk about one’s faith and the storm.
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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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In many ways, history is marked as ‘before’ and ‘after’ Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.
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It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.
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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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You cannot teach what you don’t know. You cannot give energy if you’re not on fire on the inside.
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Abortion is black genocide, What happens to the mind of a person and the moral fabric of a nation that accepts the aborting of the life of a baby without a pang of conscience?
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I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
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If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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I’m too mature to be angry.
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These students are courageous and this is an experience they will never forget, They held on to hope and had the strength and determination to survive.
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