From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
JESSE JACKSONThe 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.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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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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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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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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We must somehow bring our soldiers back home and not allow them to be trophies in a growing, deepening crisis between the U.S. and China.
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The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you achieve, you have achieved, indeed.
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If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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I’m too mature to be angry.
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Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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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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I say America: Stay out of the Bushes.
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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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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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I think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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We began to talk about one’s faith and the storm.
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