Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
JESSE JACKSONWhen 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.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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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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Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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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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Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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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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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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If you wear a hoodie but aren’t registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.
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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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I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it’s time for you to send it back to me – toasted and buttered on both sides.
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It’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.
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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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The solution to a crisis pregnancy is not to kill the innocent baby but to deal with the mother’s values and her attitudes toward life.
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