Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
JESSE JACKSONIt is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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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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I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.
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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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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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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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If you wear a hoodie but aren’t registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.
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You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
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I’m too mature to be angry.
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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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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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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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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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Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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I think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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