Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
JESSE JACKSONDeliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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I say America: Stay out of the Bushes.
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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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A new leadership. A choice. A chance. Don’t cry about what you don’t have. Use what you got.
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Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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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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From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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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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Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
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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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We must somehow bring our soldiers back home and not allow them to be trophies in a growing, deepening crisis between the U.S. and China.
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We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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If you wear a hoodie but aren’t registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.
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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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America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
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If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
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