We were fundamentally the same. They expressed their anger more willingly. We developed the capacity to internalize our anger, using a nonviolent discipline.
JESSE JACKSONHe should be removed from the airwaves as soon as possible. Bill Bennett owes America an apology. He certainly owes African-Americans an apology.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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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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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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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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The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.
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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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I want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership.
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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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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.
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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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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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I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
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