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.
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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We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
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No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
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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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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting 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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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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Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
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People like to say don’t abort, adopt. But I’m saying don’t strip, scholarship.
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At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
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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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Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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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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I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it’s time for you to send it back to me – toasted and buttered on both sides.
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