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When we’re unemployed, we’re called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it’s called a depression.

Jesse Jackson

Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
JESSE JACKSON

Change Tears Yourself
He has stood for the inclusion of all segments of our society under the law; women, gender equality, workers’ rights to organize, and civil rights for the least able.
JESSE JACKSON

Equality Himself Law Right Woman
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
JESSE JACKSON

Change Courage Leadership Time
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.
JESSE JACKSON

Feeling Life Myself Pain See Walk
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.
JESSE JACKSON

God Nation Ourselves View
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.
JESSE JACKSON

Business Make Up Old Peace Person Woman Young
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
JESSE JACKSON

Challenge Leadership Moral
You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
JESSE JACKSON

Inspirational Responsible Yourself
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.
JESSE JACKSON

Hands Myself Religious
No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
JESSE JACKSON

Destructive Fight Future See
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

Myself Time Yourself
We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
JESSE JACKSON

Greatness Inspirational
If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
JESSE JACKSON

Give Up Inspirational Rise Yourself
We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
JESSE JACKSON

Dream Impossible Inspirational Ourselves
Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
JESSE JACKSON

Animal Born Food
We were fundamentally the same. They expressed their anger more willingly. We developed the capacity to internalize our anger, using a nonviolent discipline.
JESSE JACKSON

Anger Development Discipline Expression Fundamental Ourselves Willing

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