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 JACKSONHold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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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No 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.
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Iraq will drive American agenda for a long time because Iraq policy has so damaged America in the Middle East region, left us isolated. We are there now by brute strength, we are not there because we are desired.
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We must somehow bring our soldiers back home and not allow them to be trophies in a growing, deepening crisis between the U.S. and China.
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At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
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To call her a seamstress is irrelevant, She was not arrested for sewing. She was a freedom fighter.
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No 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.
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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
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Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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He has stood for the inclusion of all segments of our society under the law; women, gender equality, workers’ rights to organize, and civil rights for the least able.
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Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
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Keep hope alive!
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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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