We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
JESSE JACKSONIt is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
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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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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you achieve, you have achieved, indeed.
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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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If you wear a hoodie but aren’t registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.
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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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Keep hope alive!
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When I came here, I put my hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. I didn’t put my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.
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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.
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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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I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.
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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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