In many ways, history is marked as ‘before’ and ‘after’ Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.
JESSE JACKSONIf my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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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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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
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We began to talk about one’s faith and the storm.
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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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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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Keep hope alive!
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It’s not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be – and so people here can coexist and live together.
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I say America: Stay out of the Bushes.
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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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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
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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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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 think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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