Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
JESSE JACKSONYou cannot teach what you don’t know. You cannot give energy if you’re not on fire on the inside.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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Keep hope alive!
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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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Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
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When we were hit on 9/11 it took us a few weeks to get the coalition together because [George] Bush had come in with a kind of narrow ideology, looking at the world, I’d say, through a keyhole and not through a door.
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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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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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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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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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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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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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We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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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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Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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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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