Jesse Jackson Quotes
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Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.
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America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
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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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If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.
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At least the politicians are accountable to the voters.
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There's a full-court press to put down an uprising around Ferguson, but no preparation for lifting up the people there.
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If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.
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I remember being taught my place.
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I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true.
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It is a historical error for those who were not there to just refer to August 28th as 'I Have a Dream' speech day. That is a real disservice to those who were there. It was a sad day. It was not a celebration environment.
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Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.
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We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.
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If a black doctor discovers a cure for cancer, ain't no hospital going to lock him out.
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What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.
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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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Keep hope alive!
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Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most.
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Music of all arts should be expansive and inclusive.
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The laws are stacked for the wealthy.
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There have been more people disenfranchised in Washington than there have been in Kuwait.
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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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I'm not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates.