Tag: Jesse Jackson
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Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most.
Jesse Jackson
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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.
Jesse Jackson
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If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.
Jesse Jackson
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A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
Jesse Jackson
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The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.
Jesse Jackson
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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.
Jesse Jackson
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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.
Jesse Jackson
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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
Jesse Jackson
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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.
Jesse Jackson
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Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president.
Jesse Jackson