Some people’s lives are worthy of taking the time to say goodbye to.
JESSE JACKSONNever look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
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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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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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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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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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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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We began to talk about one’s faith and the storm.
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If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
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He should be removed from the airwaves as soon as possible. Bill Bennett owes America an apology. He certainly owes African-Americans an apology.
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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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I think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.
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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 only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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If my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!
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