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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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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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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We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together.
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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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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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Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience.
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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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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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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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In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.
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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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So many bright stars, bright in life, burn out quickly.
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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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We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.
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There's great disparity between who goes to college and who goes to jail. Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven.
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I'm too mature to be angry.
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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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There's a full-court press to put down an uprising around Ferguson, but no preparation for lifting up the people there.
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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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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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Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children.
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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.