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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.

Jesse Jackson

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
JESSE JACKSON

Greatness Inspirational
I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
JESSE JACKSON

Myself Philosophy Talk
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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Absence Enough Justice Live Need Peace People Quiet Together
America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
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Different Nation Oneself
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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Dream Freedom Government Inspirational Limitation Right
The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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Attitude Character Help
Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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Children Gift Presence Yourself
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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Difference Herself History
Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
JESSE JACKSON

Attitude Help Yourself
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
JESSE JACKSON

Change Courage Leadership Time
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.
JESSE JACKSON

Myself Time Yourself
At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
JESSE JACKSON

Fear Hope Unity
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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Business Make Up Old Peace Person Woman Young
A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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Generosity Live Value Yourself
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
JESSE JACKSON

Achievement Believe Heart Mindset Myself
We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
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Parents Youth

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