When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
JESSE JACKSONIt’s not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be – and so people here can coexist and live together.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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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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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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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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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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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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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
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Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
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Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
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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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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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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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To call her a seamstress is irrelevant, She was not arrested for sewing. She was a freedom fighter.
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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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A new leadership. A choice. A chance. Don’t cry about what you don’t have. Use what you got.
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