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Jesse Jackson quotes: What we have to be judged by is the work we try to do. It's public service, not perfect service. What we have to be judged by is the work we try to do. It's public service, not perfect service.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth. Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Hymies." And "Hymietown. Hymies." And "Hymietown.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Choose the human race over the nuclear race. Bury the weapons and don't burn the people. Choose the human race over the nuclear race. Bury the weapons and don't burn the people.
Jesse Jackson quotes: We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain. We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain.
Jesse Jackson quotes: If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose. If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I'm not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates. I'm not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates.
Jesse Jackson quotes: If a black doctor discovers a cure for cancer, ain't no hospital going to lock him out. If a black doctor discovers a cure for cancer, ain't no hospital going to lock him out.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn't make it a biscuit. Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn't make it a biscuit.
Jesse Jackson quotes: In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up. In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
Jesse Jackson quotes: There's a full-court press to put down an uprising around Ferguson, but no preparation for lifting up the people there. There's a full-court press to put down an uprising around Ferguson, but no preparation for lifting up the people there.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Nobody will save us from us but us. Nobody will save us from us but us.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today. Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Pictures can live in one's memory. That's why they are important. Pictures can live in one's memory. That's why they are important.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf. Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf.
Jesse Jackson quotes: If I were a white candidate, I'd have won the Democratic nomination. If I were a white candidate, I'd have won the Democratic nomination.
Jesse Jackson quotes: At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town. At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.
Jesse Jackson quotes: America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed. America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed.
Jesse Jackson quotes: You may choose your mate, but you cannot deny someone else the right to choose their mate. You may choose your mate, but you cannot deny someone else the right to choose their mate.
Jesse Jackson quotes: A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer. A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I know how to run a nationally paced campaign. I know how to run a nationally paced campaign.
Jesse Jackson quotes: At least the politicians are accountable to the voters. At least the politicians are accountable to the voters.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I take my role seriously as a pastor. I take my role seriously as a pastor.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people. I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I've paid my dues. I've earned your votes. Send me. I've paid my dues. I've earned your votes. Send me.
Jesse Jackson quotes: When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment. When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment.
Jesse Jackson quotes: We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up. We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Fighting disparities is very significant. Fighting disparities is very significant.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president. Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters. Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Let nothing and nobody break your spirit. Let the unity in the community remain intact. Let nothing and nobody break your spirit. Let the unity in the community remain intact.
Jesse Jackson quotes: In order for an ideal to become a reality, there must be a person, a personality to translate it. In order for an ideal to become a reality, there must be a person, a personality to translate it.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate. I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.
Jesse Jackson quotes: People like to say don't abort, adopt. But I'm saying don't strip, scholarship. People like to say don't abort, adopt. But I'm saying don't strip, scholarship.
Jesse Jackson quotes: We live on the dash between our birth date and our death date. We live on the dash between our birth date and our death date.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Surrender had played out for good with me. Surrender had played out for good with me.
Jesse Jackson quotes: We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams. We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
Jesse Jackson quotes: In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development. In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.
Jesse Jackson quotes: The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president. The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president.
Jesse Jackson quotes: The white Christian church never raised to the heights of Christ. It stayed within the limit of culture. The white Christian church never raised to the heights of Christ. It stayed within the limit of culture.
Jesse Jackson quotes: You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man. You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up. Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy. Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative. I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I am a journalist. I am a journalist.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk. Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Conservatives and liberals can find common ground. Conservatives and liberals can find common ground.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow red, yellow, brown, black and white and we're all precious in God's sight. Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow
red, yellow, brown, black and white
and we're all precious in God's sight.
Jesse Jackson quotes: The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda. The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.
Jesse Jackson quotes: My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised. My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.
Jesse Jackson quotes: You know, people'd always ask 'Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?' They never seen the house I'm running from. You know, people'd always ask 'Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?' They never seen the house I'm running from.
Jesse Jackson quotes: A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever. A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Life has its dimensions in the mysterious. Life has its dimensions in the mysterious.
Jesse Jackson quotes: The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up. The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.
Jesse Jackson quotes: If my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it! If my mind can conceive it,
My heart can believe it,
I know I can achieve it!
Jesse Jackson quotes: The laws are stacked for the wealthy. The laws are stacked for the wealthy.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Any attempt to dilute my support for Sen. Obama will not succeed. Any attempt to dilute my support for Sen. Obama will not succeed.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Unfortunate. Unfortunate. Sometimes people struggling for freedom lose their way. Unfortunate. Unfortunate. Sometimes people struggling for freedom lose their way.
Jesse Jackson quotes: You cannot teach what you don't know. You cannot give energy if you're not on fire on the inside. You cannot teach what you don't know. You cannot give energy if you're not on fire on the inside.
Jesse Jackson quotes: America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth. America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I must oppose the use of federal funds for a policy of killing infants. I must oppose the use of federal funds for a policy of killing infants.
Jesse Jackson quotes: When God rang the bell that ended the fight, the world cried out for one more round. When God rang the bell that ended the fight, the world cried out for one more round.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Our goal was not freedom. Freedom was the necessary prerequisite to get to equality. Our goal was not freedom. Freedom was the necessary prerequisite to get to equality.
Jesse Jackson quotes: If you don't know what tomorrow holds, you need to know who holds tomorrow! If you don't know what tomorrow holds, you need to know who holds tomorrow!
Jesse Jackson quotes: When we do in Grenada what the Soviet Union did in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, we lose moral authority and credibility. When we do in Grenada what the Soviet Union did in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, we lose moral authority and credibility.
Jesse Jackson quotes: God doesn't make orange juice, God makes oranges. God doesn't make orange juice, God makes oranges.
Jesse Jackson quotes: George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead. George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
Jesse Jackson quotes: You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up. You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
Jesse Jackson quotes: A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live. A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
Jesse Jackson quotes: We picked their cotton. We cooked their food. We nursed their babies. Now we can run their cities. We can run their states. We will run the country. We picked their cotton. We cooked their food. We nursed their babies. Now we can run their cities. We can run their states. We will run the country.
Jesse Jackson quotes: That Obama I would like to cut his nuts off. That Obama I would like to cut his nuts off.
Jesse Jackson quotes: The solution [to a crisis pregnancy] is not to kill the innocent baby but to deal with the mother's values and her attitudes toward life. The solution [to a crisis pregnancy] is not to kill the innocent baby but to deal with the mother's values and her attitudes toward life.
Jesse Jackson quotes: If you don't feel apologetic for slavery, if you don't feel apologetic for colonialism, if you feel proud of it then say that. If you don't feel apologetic for slavery, if you don't feel apologetic for colonialism, if you feel proud of it then say that.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Your children need your presence more than your presents. Your children need your presence more than your presents.
Jesse Jackson quotes: You can't teach what you don't know. And you can't lead where you don't go. You can't teach what you don't know. And you can't lead where you don't go.
Jesse Jackson quotes: In politics, an organized minority is a political majority. In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.
Jesse Jackson quotes: When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through. When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me - toasted and buttered on both sides. I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me - toasted and buttered on both sides.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day. Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I want to cut his nuts off. I want to cut his nuts off.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master. Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I want to make America better! I want to make America better!
Jesse Jackson quotes: Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville. Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.
Jesse Jackson quotes: If you try you may fail, if you don't try you're guaranteed to fail. If you try you may fail, if you don't try you're guaranteed to fail.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Don't look down on somebody unless you are helping them up. Don't look down on somebody unless you are helping them up.
Jesse Jackson quotes: When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote. When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote.
Jesse Jackson quotes: There have been more people disenfranchised in Washington than there have been in Kuwait. There have been more people disenfranchised in Washington than there have been in Kuwait.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children. 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 quotes: It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life. It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.
Jesse Jackson quotes: When everyone is included, everyone wins. When everyone is included, everyone wins.
Jesse Jackson quotes: We must give the American worker the first option of ownership. We must give the American worker the first option of ownership.
Jesse Jackson quotes: You can't plant a seed and pick the fruit the next morning. You can't plant a seed and pick the fruit the next morning.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Gangs are a group reaction to helplessness. Gangs are a group reaction to helplessness.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled. I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Sometimes arrogance makes us overreach. George Bush Jr. often tries to suggest the leaders of other countries, and it is just not good diplomacy. Sometimes arrogance makes us overreach. George Bush Jr. often tries to suggest the leaders of other countries, and it is just not good diplomacy.
Jesse Jackson quotes: I had to steal to survive. I had to steal to survive.
Jesse Jackson quotes: Each time a barrier falls for one person, the doors of opportunity open wider for every other American. Each time a barrier falls for one person, the doors of opportunity open wider for every other American.
Jesse Jackson quotes: If I can make it, you can make it. If I can make it, you can make it.

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