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.
JESSE JACKSONYou may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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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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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
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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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We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
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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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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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The poor and the working poor have been locked out of the nation’s consciousness, even by the media and by many ministers. Katrina washed away the debris that was covering the locked out and left behind.
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I think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it’s time for you to send it back to me – toasted and buttered on both sides.
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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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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
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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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