Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
JESSE JACKSONThere 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.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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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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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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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
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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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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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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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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 hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
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If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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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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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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