We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
JESSE JACKSONBoth tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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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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Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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The solution to a crisis pregnancy is not to kill the innocent baby but to deal with the mother’s values and her attitudes toward life.
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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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America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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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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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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A new leadership. A choice. A chance. Don’t cry about what you don’t have. Use what you got.
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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
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If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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We began to talk about one’s faith and the storm.
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A Call to Protect and Democratize U.S. Elections: A Panel Presentation on the challenges to American elections.
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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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