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.
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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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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In many ways, history is marked as ‘before’ and ‘after’ Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.
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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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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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If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
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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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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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To call her a seamstress is irrelevant, She was not arrested for sewing. She was a freedom fighter.
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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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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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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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You cannot teach what you don’t know. You cannot give energy if you’re not on fire on the inside.
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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
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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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