Jesse Jackson Quotes
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In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.
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I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never let go. Even worse, now the Republicans feel they can keep pushing and he will keep giving. They have not seen a stiff resistance on his part.
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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.
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Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.
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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed.
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Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
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I had to steal to survive.
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A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
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At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
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I am somebody. I am a somebody. I am a child of God. I may not be educated but I am somebody. I may not have any money but I am somebody. I may not eat steak every day but I am somebody. I may not look the way you look but I am somebody.
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Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk.
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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.
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The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president.
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Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.
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My very first recollection of life on earth was waking up in bed with my mother, and she was showing me a picture of my father, Charles Jackson, with a group of soldiers.
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We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain.
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At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.
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Republicans are the party of 'no,' and Democrats are the party of 'don't know' because it hasn't fought for bold ideas, policies, or plans to turn us in a new direction.
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We need a regime change in this country.… If we launch a pre-emptive strike on Iraq we lose all moral authority.
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Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics.
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Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president.
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If the American people in a matter of months can love the people of Kuwait, whom they have not seen, they can love the people of our nation's capital just as well.
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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.