We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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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Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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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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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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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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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
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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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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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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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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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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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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
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We must all learn a good lesson – how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world, learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate.
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It’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.
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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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