If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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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If you wear a hoodie but aren’t registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.
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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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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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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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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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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
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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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I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it’s time for you to send it back to me – toasted and buttered on both sides.
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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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The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.
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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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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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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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