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.
JESSE JACKSONAt the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.
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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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Keep hope alive!
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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 invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.
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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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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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I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.
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If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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I think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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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.
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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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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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At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
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