When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
JESSE JACKSONFrom seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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We began to talk about one’s faith and the storm.
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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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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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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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Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them 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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If my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!
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George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
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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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If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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