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.
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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We began to talk about one’s faith and the storm.
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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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I think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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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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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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I want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership.
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If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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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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A new leadership. A choice. A chance. Don’t cry about what you don’t have. Use what you got.
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From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
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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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He has stood for the inclusion of all segments of our society under the law; women, gender equality, workers’ rights to organize, and civil rights for the least able.
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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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We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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