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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

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Weve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are. – Jesse Jackson

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Government
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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. – Jesse Jackson

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Change
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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. – Jesse Jackson

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best
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If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell. – Thomas Merton

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History

The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective. – Rand Paul

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History

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future. – Jessamyn West

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History

Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall. – Paul Harris

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History

Random Quotes

Ive met a lot of people whove lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor. – Louis C. K.

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Humor

It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through Gods mercy and Christs merits but death remained somewhat terrible, and that now is taken away and now death is no more to me, but to cast myself into my husbands arms, and to lie down with Him. – Donald Cargill

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Death

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere. – James Martineau

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Poetry

But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. Theres incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope. – Dave Matthews

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Hope