In many ways, history is marked as ‘before’ and ‘after’ Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.
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 want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership.
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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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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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America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
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Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.
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Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
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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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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
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I say America: Stay out of the Bushes.
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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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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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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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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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