We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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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We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
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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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At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
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Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
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He should be removed from the airwaves as soon as possible. Bill Bennett owes America an apology. He certainly owes African-Americans an apology.
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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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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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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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You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
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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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Iraq will drive American agenda for a long time because Iraq policy has so damaged America in the Middle East region, left us isolated. We are there now by brute strength, we are not there because we are desired.
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I think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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The poor and the working poor have been locked out of the nation’s consciousness, even by the media and by many ministers. Katrina washed away the debris that was covering the locked out and left behind.
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