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.
JESSE JACKSONHold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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When we’re unemployed, we’re called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it’s called a depression.
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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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We began to talk about one’s faith and the storm.
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I think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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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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The poor and the working poor have been locked out of the nation’s consciousness, even by the media and by many ministers. Katrina washed away the debris that was covering the locked out and left behind.
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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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Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
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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.
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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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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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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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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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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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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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