Jesse Jackson Quotes

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My right and my privilege to stand here before you has been won—won in my lifetime—by the blood and the sweat of the innocent.

Jesse Jackson
When I look out at this convention, I see the face of America, red, yellow, brown, black, and white. We are all precious in God's sight—the real rainbow coalition.

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When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed, it's called a depression.

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A cheque or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

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Politicians argue for abortion largely because they do not want to spend the necessary money to feed, clothe and educate more people... There are those who argue that the right to privacy is of higher order than the right to life. I do not share that view... That was the premise of slavery. You could not protest the existence or treatment of slaves on the plantation because that was private and therefore outside of your right to concerned.

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The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.

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Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

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I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.

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America is not like a blanket- one piece of unbroken cloth. America is more like a quilt- many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven together by a common thread.

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