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.
JESSE JACKSONOur dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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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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From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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We must somehow bring our soldiers back home and not allow them to be trophies in a growing, deepening crisis between the U.S. and China.
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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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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
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We were fundamentally the same. They expressed their anger more willingly. We developed the capacity to internalize our anger, using a nonviolent discipline.
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If you wear a hoodie but aren’t registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.
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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
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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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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
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Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
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