The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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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These students are courageous and this is an experience they will never forget, They held on to hope and had the strength and determination to survive.
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Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
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If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.
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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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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
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Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
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Iraq will drive American agenda for a long time because Iraq policy has so damaged America in the Middle East region, left us isolated. We are there now by brute strength, we are not there because we are desired.
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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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To call her a seamstress is irrelevant, She was not arrested for sewing. She was a freedom fighter.
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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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It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.
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I’m too mature to be angry.
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When I came here, I put my hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. I didn’t put my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.
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If my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!
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