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.
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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Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
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We must somehow bring our soldiers back home and not allow them to be trophies in a growing, deepening crisis between the U.S. and China.
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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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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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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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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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George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
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When we were hit on 9/11 it took us a few weeks to get the coalition together because [George] Bush had come in with a kind of narrow ideology, looking at the world, I’d say, through a keyhole and not through a door.
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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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I want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership.
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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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Keep hope alive!
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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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