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America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.

Jesse Jackson

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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God Nation Ourselves
Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
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Change Tears Yourself
To call her a seamstress is irrelevant, She was not arrested for sewing. She was a freedom fighter.
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Fight Freedom Herself Women Empowerment
From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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Body Flower Himself Liberty Nation People Soul Touch
We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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Greatness Inspirational
The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.
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Business War Worst
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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Equality Himself Law Right Woman
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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Achievement Believe Heart Mindset Myself
We were fundamentally the same. They expressed their anger more willingly. We developed the capacity to internalize our anger, using a nonviolent discipline.
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Anger Development Discipline Expression Fundamental Ourselves Willing
George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
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Death Myself People
You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
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Inspirational Responsible Yourself
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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Inspirational Opportunity Walk
At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
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Fear Hope Unity
I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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Myself Nature Talk
Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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Children Gift Presence Yourself
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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Change Courage Leadership Time

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