Jesse Jackson Quotes

United States, Politician
October 8, 1941

Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997.

Also known as Activist, Baptist

Music of all arts should be expansive and inclusive.

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- Music
When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote.

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I'm not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates.

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- Time
If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.

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- Lost
- Slavery
I take my role seriously as a pastor.

Jesse Jackson
Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs.

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- Help
- Political
Conservatives and liberals can find common ground.

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