American - Activist | October 8, 1941 -
Life has its dimensions in the mysterious.
Jesse Jackson
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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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Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.
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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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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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Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
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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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While I've spent a lot of quality time with my children, perhaps it's not been enough.
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Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics.
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At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
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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.
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A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
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