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.
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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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.
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If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.
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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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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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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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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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From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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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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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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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
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