We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
JESSE JACKSONHe 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.
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The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you achieve, you have achieved, indeed.
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You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
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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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When we’re unemployed, we’re called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it’s called a depression.
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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
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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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A Call to Protect and Democratize U.S. Elections: A Panel Presentation on the challenges to American elections.
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We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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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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The solution to a crisis pregnancy is not to kill the innocent baby but to deal with the mother’s values and her attitudes toward life.
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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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In many ways, history is marked as ‘before’ and ‘after’ Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.
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If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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