Jesse Jackson Quotes
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We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.
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When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote.
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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 take my role seriously as a pastor.
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Conservatives and liberals can find common ground.
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Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs.
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If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.