Iraq will drive American agenda for a long time because Iraq policy has so damaged America in the Middle East region, left us isolated. We are there now by brute strength, we are not there because we are desired.
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More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
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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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I think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
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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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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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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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Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
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It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.
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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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The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you achieve, you have achieved, indeed.
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We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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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 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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Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
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