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We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.

— Jesse Jackson

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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

That's all Hymie wants to talk about is Israel. Every time you go to Hymietown that's all they want to talk about.

America is a liberal idea. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses - not your rich, and your elite and your aristocrats.

"We cannot hide behind the law and not have mercy" Mr. Jackson said, calling the withholding of food and water inhumane, immoral and unnecessary.

Rising tides don't lift all boats, particularly those stuck at the bottom. For the boats stuck at the bottom there's a misery index.

Address to the Democratic National Convention (1984)

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Utu, shepherd of the land, father of the black-headed, when you go to sleep, the people go to sleep with you; youth Utu, when you rise, the people rise with you.

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Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me.

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Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith; and in this sense atheism is a purification.

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