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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. (Jesse Jackson)
In politics, an organized minority is a political majority. View quote
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Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Life has its dimensions in the mysterious. View quote
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America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth. View quote
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When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment. View quote
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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. View quote
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At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town. View quote
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When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote. (Jesse Jackson)
From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation. View quote
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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day. View quote
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So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much talent. View quote
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Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience. View quote
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We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together. View quote
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We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain. View quote
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Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters. View quote
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Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote. View quote
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If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up. View quote
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I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate. (Jesse Jackson)
The laws are stacked for the wealthy. View quote
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There's great disparity between who goes to college and who goes to jail. Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven. View quote
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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up. View quote
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Conservatives and liberals can find common ground. View quote
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