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I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.

Jesse Jackson

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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Himself Possible
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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Change Different Inspirational Result Tears
The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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Attitude Character Help
Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
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Change Tears Yourself
George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
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Death Myself People
Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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Attitude Oppression Violence
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
No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
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Destructive Fight Future See
We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
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Parents Youth
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
Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
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Animal Born Food
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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Change Courage Leadership Time
America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
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Different Nation Oneself
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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Desire Policy Strength Time
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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Teaching Yourself
When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
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Inspirational Opportunity Walk

I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.

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