Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
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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I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.
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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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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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We must all learn a good lesson – how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world, learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
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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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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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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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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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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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I think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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