People like to say don’t abort, adopt. But I’m saying don’t strip, scholarship.
JESSE JACKSONIn 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.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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Iraq will drive American agenda for a long time because Iraq policy has so damaged America in the Middle East region, left us isolated. We are there now by brute strength, we are not there because we are desired.
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We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
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Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
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Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
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I want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership.
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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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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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When we’re unemployed, we’re called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it’s called a depression.
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He has stood for the inclusion of all segments of our society under the law; women, gender equality, workers’ rights to organize, and civil rights for the least able.
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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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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 think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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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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