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.
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 you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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Abortion is black genocide, What happens to the mind of a person and the moral fabric of a nation that accepts the aborting of the life of a baby without a pang of conscience?
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We were fundamentally the same. They expressed their anger more willingly. We developed the capacity to internalize our anger, using a nonviolent discipline.
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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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Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
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Keep hope alive!
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I say America: Stay out of the Bushes.
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We began to talk about one’s faith and the storm.
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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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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
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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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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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The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.
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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
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