Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
JESSE JACKSONWe want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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I’m too mature to be angry.
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Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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We were fundamentally the same. They expressed their anger more willingly. We developed the capacity to internalize our anger, using a nonviolent discipline.
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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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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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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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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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Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
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Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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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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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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I want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership.
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Keep hope alive!
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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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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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