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.
JESSE JACKSONA new leadership. A choice. A chance. Don’t cry about what you don’t have. Use what you got.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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To call her a seamstress is irrelevant, She was not arrested for sewing. She was a freedom fighter.
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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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America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
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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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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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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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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 invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.
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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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When I came here, I put my hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. I didn’t put my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.
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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
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These students are courageous and this is an experience they will never forget, They held on to hope and had the strength and determination to survive.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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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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