Tag: Jesse Jackson
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If you don’t know what tomorrow holds, you need to know who holds tomorrow!
Jesse Jackson
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If you don’t feel apologetic for slavery, if you don’t feel apologetic for colonialism, if you feel proud of it then say that.
Jesse Jackson
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If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up.
Jesse Jackson
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The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president. Obama has that voice. It has to be used.
Jesse Jackson
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People always grow and mature.
Jesse Jackson
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Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs.
Jesse Jackson
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There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.
Jesse Jackson
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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.
Jesse Jackson
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George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
Jesse Jackson
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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.
Jesse Jackson