"No one should look down on you, but sometimes mean people do. The only justification we have for looking down on someone is that we're going to stop and pick them up," —Reverend Jesse Jackson ~ Checking In. Peaceful weekend friend
“America is not like a blanket — one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt: many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread.” — Reverend Jesse Jackson
"If your success is defined as being well adjusted to injustice and well adapted to indifference, then we don't want successful leaders. We want great leaders who love the people enough and respect the people enough to be unbought, unbound, unafraid, and unintimidated to tell the truth." - Dr. Cornel West
“The music, the food, the parades – Mardi Gras is everything that makes New Orleans special.” – Harry Connick Jr.
