When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
JESSE JACKSONTime is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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If my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!
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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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We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
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We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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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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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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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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If you wear a hoodie but aren’t registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.
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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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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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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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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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