You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
JESSE JACKSONOur 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.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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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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I say America: Stay out of the Bushes.
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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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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 many ways, history is marked as ‘before’ and ‘after’ Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.
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People like to say don’t abort, adopt. But I’m saying don’t strip, scholarship.
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Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
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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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I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
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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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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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When we’re unemployed, we’re called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it’s called a depression.
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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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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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