It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.
JESSE JACKSONWhen 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.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
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I want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership.
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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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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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We must somehow bring our soldiers back home and not allow them to be trophies in a growing, deepening crisis between the U.S. and China.
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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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I think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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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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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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The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you achieve, you have achieved, indeed.
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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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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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Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
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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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