Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
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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You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
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I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
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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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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
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If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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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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From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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If my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!
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I’m too mature to be angry.
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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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It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.
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