I’m too mature to be angry.
JESSE JACKSONIt’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.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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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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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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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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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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We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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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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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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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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Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
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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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When we’re unemployed, we’re called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it’s called a depression.
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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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