Jesse Jackson Quotes
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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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Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience.
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So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much talent.
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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy; hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don't have a plan for reconstruction at home.
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People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself in many ways, in people's home lives, domestic stuff.
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Many are observing Ferguson and witnessing the anger, demonstrations, looting and vandalism and calling for quiet. But quiet isn't enough. The absence of noise isn't the presence of justice - and we must demand justice in Ferguson and the other 'Fergusons' around America.
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We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together.
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In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.
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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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There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.
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I know how to run a nationally paced campaign.
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America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
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See, Barack been, um, talking down to black people on this faith-based... I want to cut his nuts off. Barack, he's talking down to black people.
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The relationship between the prophet and the President, the priest and the President, is a sacred one.
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To allow injustice and inequality invites a Ferguson to your community. We must stand together, black, white, brown, red, and yellow and fight for justice and equality for all. It's the only way to avoid more Fergusons.
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I want to make America better!
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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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So many bright stars, bright in life, burn out quickly.
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Those powers that control the tent are not threatened at all by any activity that you engage in, in the shadows, that's not moving toward the tent. And I am rather convinced that we have a generation that is so preoccupied with life in the shadows, they never even focus on getting to the sunlight where you open up the big tent.
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I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted.
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I'm too mature to be angry.
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When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.