#gr

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. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#agree #fly #free #government #high

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

#before #came #down #history #many

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

— Jesse Jackson

#born #great #great things #happen #jackson

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#charge #forgive #forgive me #give me #grape

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#greatness #mansion #measure #must #up

I'm too mature to be angry. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#i #mature #too

Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#cannot #children #deal #god #integrity

Conservatives and liberals can find common ground. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#common ground #conservatives #find #ground #liberals

I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#concerns #doctors #gained #greater #had

The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president. Obama has that voice. It has to be used. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#american people #clearer #ground #lyndon #need