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Jesse Jackson

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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God Nation Ourselves View
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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Nation Politics Poor
You cannot teach what you don’t know. You cannot give energy if you’re not on fire on the inside.
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Teaching Yourself
A new leadership. A choice. A chance. Don’t cry about what you don’t have. Use what you got.
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Change Choice Cry Inspirational Leadership Yourself
When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
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Inspirational Opportunity Walk
Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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Children Gift Presence Yourself
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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Deep Job Leadership Togetherness
People like to say don’t abort, adopt. But I’m saying don’t strip, scholarship.
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Education Myself People
A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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Generosity Live Value Yourself
There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps… then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.
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Feeling Life Myself Pain See Walk
Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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Democracy Soul Yourself
The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.
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Business War Worst
I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
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Myself Philosophy Talk
Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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Alive Darkness Hope Inspirational Yourself
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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Courage Determination Experience Forget Hope Strength Student Survive
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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Change Courage Leadership Time

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