Quotes by Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

American Clergyman, Civil Rights Leader

Lived from: 1941-

• A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

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• America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.

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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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• Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

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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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• 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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• My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.

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• Never look down on anybody unless you are helping them up.

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• Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

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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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  American Clergyman, Civil Rights Leader 1941-

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