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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 Jackson

Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
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Leaving Live People Time Worth
We were fundamentally the same. They expressed their anger more willingly. We developed the capacity to internalize our anger, using a nonviolent discipline.
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Anger Development Discipline Expression Fundamental Ourselves Willing
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
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Challenge Leadership Moral
Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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Democracy Soul Yourself
We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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Dream Impossible Inspirational Ourselves
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
Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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Attitude Oppression Violence
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 Limitation Oneself
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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Achievement Believe Heart Mindset Myself
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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Deep Job Leadership Togetherness
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
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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Nation Politics Poor
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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Feeling Life Myself Pain See Walk
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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Alive Darkness Hope Inspirational Yourself
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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God Nation Ourselves
A Call to Protect and Democratize U.S. Elections: A Panel Presentation on the challenges to American elections.
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Challenge Election Politics Protection

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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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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