At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
JESSE JACKSONTo call her a seamstress is irrelevant, She was not arrested for sewing. She was a freedom fighter.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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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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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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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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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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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
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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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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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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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I want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership.
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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 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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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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Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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