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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.

Jesse Jackson

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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Business Make Up Old Peace Person Woman Young
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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Change Courage Leadership Time
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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Desire Policy Strength Time
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
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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Achievement Believe Heart Mindset Myself
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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Change Different Inspirational Result Tears
From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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Body Flower Himself Liberty Nation People Soul Touch
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
Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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Democracy Soul Yourself
I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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Myself Nature Talk
Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
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Animal Born Food
Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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Children Gift Presence Yourself
We must all learn a good lesson – how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world, learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate.
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Challenge Existence Learning Live Togetherness World
If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
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Give Up Inspirational Rise Yourself
It’s not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be – and so people here can coexist and live together.
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Absence Enough Justice Live Need Peace People Quiet Together
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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Life Ourselves Struggle
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
People like to say don’t abort, adopt. But I’m saying don’t strip, scholarship.
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Education Myself People
In many ways, history is marked as ‘before’ and ‘after’ Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.
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Difference Herself History
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
I’m too mature to be angry.
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Angry Myself One Liner
I want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership.
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Leadership Myself Path
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
Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
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Change Tears Yourself
Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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Attitude Oppression Violence
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
Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
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Leaving Live People Time Worth

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