To call her a seamstress is irrelevant, She was not arrested for sewing. She was a freedom fighter.
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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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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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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You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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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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The poor and the working poor have been locked out of the nation’s consciousness, even by the media and by many ministers. Katrina washed away the debris that was covering the locked out and left behind.
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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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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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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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The solution to a crisis pregnancy is not to kill the innocent baby but to deal with the mother’s values and her attitudes toward life.
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From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it’s time for you to send it back to me – toasted and buttered on both sides.
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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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