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.
JESSE JACKSONThe poor and the working poor have been locked out of the nation’s consciousness, even by the media and by many ministers. Katrina washed away the debris that was covering the locked out and left behind.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
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You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
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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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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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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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Keep hope alive!
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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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Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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We began to talk about one’s faith and the storm.
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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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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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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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