I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
JESSE JACKSONLeadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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He should be removed from the airwaves as soon as possible. Bill Bennett owes America an apology. He certainly owes African-Americans an apology.
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A Call to Protect and Democratize U.S. Elections: A Panel Presentation on the challenges to American elections.
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Abortion is black genocide, What happens to the mind of a person and the moral fabric of a nation that accepts the aborting of the life of a baby without a pang of conscience?
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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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We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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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 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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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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The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.
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I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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When we’re unemployed, we’re called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it’s called a depression.
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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
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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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