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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

Jesse Jackson

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Jesse Jackson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 8
Activist
Civil Rights Advocate
Human Rights Activist
Pastor
Politician
Greenville
South Carolina
Jesse Jackson
Sr.
Jesse Louis Jackson
Sr.
Jesse Louis Jackson
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Debate
Democracy
Politics
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Deliberation

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Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our preacher is not arrogant enough to take God's word, so he have to go and get some white fellow's agenda and put it in his church.
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To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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So many bright stars, bright in life, burn out quickly.
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Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
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If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.
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Pictures can live in one's memory. That's why they are important.
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Hymies. And Hymietown.
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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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We must renew the economy from the bottom up, not top down.
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The crisis is not an opportunity to change the character of Louisiana's political order. We must not use the crisis to turn Louisiana into a red state -- this is a rainbow state.
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In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.
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No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high.
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You are not going to revive the unemployment of 26 million Americans with tax cuts.
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That Obama I would like to cut his nuts off.
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Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.
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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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If you try you may fail, if you don't try you're guaranteed to fail.
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Race designation is a political designation.
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The crown jewel of Dr. King`s movement was to protect the right to vote for all citizens.
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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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