Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
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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I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
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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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Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
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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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When we’re unemployed, we’re called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it’s called a depression.
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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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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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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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Keep hope alive!
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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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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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I say America: Stay out of the Bushes.
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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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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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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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