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At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.

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Jesse Jackson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 8
Activist
Civil Rights Advocate
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Greenville
South Carolina
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The white Christian church never raised to the heights of Christ. It stayed within the limit of culture.
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People always grow and mature.
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What we have to be judged by is the work we try to do. It's public service, not perfect service.
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If the right wing has their way and state's rights control voting rights, they would remove protections that make it difficult for seniors to vote. It would be harder for students to vote on campus. These are attempts to suppress acts of voting.
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No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high.
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You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.
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I was blessed to go abroad and bring Americans home from jail in Syria, and Iraq, and Cuba, and Yugoslavia, and Liberia, those are high moments of my life.
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Unfortunate. Unfortunate. Sometimes people struggling for freedom lose their way.
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On the political front, of course it's a zero-sum game. If it's all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it's, 'Women are coming!' Get 10 blacks and it's, 'Blacks are coming!' 'Hispanics are coming!' Zero-sum game. The seatmates might change but the chairs don't move. In the economy, the number of chairs can actually increase.
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