Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
JESSE JACKSONI hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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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’m too mature to be angry.
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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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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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We began to talk about one’s faith and the storm.
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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.
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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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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
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He should be removed from the airwaves as soon as possible. Bill Bennett owes America an apology. He certainly owes African-Americans an apology.
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Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
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George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
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