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 JACKSONThe 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.
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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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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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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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.
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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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It’s not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be – and so people here can coexist and live together.
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Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
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A new leadership. A choice. A chance. Don’t cry about what you don’t have. Use what you got.
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I say America: Stay out of the Bushes.
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Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
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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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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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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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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
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