America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
JESSE JACKSONIf you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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People like to say don’t abort, adopt. But I’m saying don’t strip, scholarship.
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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
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He has stood for the inclusion of all segments of our society under the law; women, gender equality, workers’ rights to organize, and civil rights for the least able.
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The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
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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.
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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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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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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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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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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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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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I’m too mature to be angry.
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