When we were hit on 9/11 it took us a few weeks to get the coalition together because [George] Bush had come in with a kind of narrow ideology, looking at the world, I’d say, through a keyhole and not through a door.
JESSE JACKSONNo one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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I want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership.
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The solution to a crisis pregnancy is not to kill the innocent baby but to deal with the mother’s values and her attitudes toward life.
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Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow – red, yellow, brown, black and white -and we’re all precious in God’s sight.
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Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow — red, yellow, brown, black and white — and we’re all precious in God’s sight.
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From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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A Call to Protect and Democratize U.S. Elections: A Panel Presentation on the challenges to American elections.
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When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
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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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America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
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The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.
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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.
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Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
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