You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
JESSE JACKSONIf 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.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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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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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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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
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Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
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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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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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The solution to a crisis pregnancy is not to kill the innocent baby but to deal with the mother’s values and her attitudes toward life.
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He should be removed from the airwaves as soon as possible. Bill Bennett owes America an apology. He certainly owes African-Americans an apology.
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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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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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If my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!
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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
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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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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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