Quote by Jesse Jackson
I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I n

I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy. – Jesse Jackson

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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. – Jesse Jackson

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Death
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For me, Barack Obamas election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before. – Jesse Jackson

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Hope
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At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division. – Jesse Jackson

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Fear
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Peace is much more precious than a piece of land… let there be no more wars. – Anwar Sadat

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Peace

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men. – Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Peace

While conscience is our friend, all is at peace however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind. – Mary Wortley Montagu

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Peace

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. – John F. Kennedy

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If I didnt have children, I think my life would be a failure. – Yann Martel

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God has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross. – Charles Stanley

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work

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. – Herbert Hoover

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It is not strange… to mistake change for progress. – Millard Fillmore

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