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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.

Jesse Jackson

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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Democracy Soul Yourself
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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Courage Determination Experience Forget Hope Strength Student Survive
America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
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Different Nation Oneself
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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Business Make Up Old Peace Person Woman Young
When we’re unemployed, we’re called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it’s called a depression.
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Black Depression Oppression
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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Achievement Believe Heart Mindset Myself
I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.
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Development God Myself Patience Perfection
Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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Children Need Presence Present Time Yourself
From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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Body Flower Himself Liberty Nation People Soul Touch
If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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Lose Run Yourself
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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Deep Job Leadership Togetherness
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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Absence Enough Justice Live Need Peace People Quiet Together
Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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Inspirational Opportunity Preparation
I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
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Myself Philosophy Talk
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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Life Ourselves Struggle
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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Inspirational Opportunity Walk

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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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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