Quote by Jesse Jackson
In many ways, history is marked as before and after Rosa Parks. Sh

In many ways, history is marked as before and after Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down. – Jesse Jackson

Other quotes by Jesse Jackson

So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, its uniform color versus skin color. We have – weve overcome that level of racial fear. – Jesse Jackson

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Fear
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Weve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams. – Jesse Jackson

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Dreams
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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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History
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The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. – George Eliot

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History
[History is] petrified imagination. – Arthur Baer

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History

History is the only true teacher, the revolution the best school for the proletariat. – Rosa Luxemburg

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History

I think journalists have the right to their opinions but I think their opinions should be based on history and what they see, not what they feel, how long theyve been waiting or whether its raining or its snowing or whatever. – Marc Jacobs

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If youre not ready to die for it, put the word freedom out of your vocabulary. – Malcolm X

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Love is the second prevailing virtue, that adorns her character. Without it she is like a closed blossom which exhibits neither its beauty or its fragrance; love reveals her inward mystery. – Frederick A. Rauch, “Of Woman,” Psychology; or, A View of the Human Soul: Includ

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For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. Proverbs 24:16 – Bible

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In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses societys feelings, beliefs, and hopes in perfect harmony. – Juan Goytisolo

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Faith