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From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
Jesse Jackson
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Jesse Jackson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 8
Activist
Civil Rights Advocate
Human Rights Activist
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Greenville
South Carolina
Jesse Jackson
Sr.
Jesse Louis Jackson
Sr.
Jesse Louis Jackson
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If you and I got on an airplane, you're going to L.A., Los Angeles, and I'm going to Senegal, we get there about the same time. The world is just that small. So a world that is so tightly bound by science and technology and now Internet and the web page, that world is too small for bullies. It has no room in that world for arrogance.
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[Donald Trump] said it`s against affordable health care for poor people and will not fight to raise wages for working poor people, that`s pushing all of them in terms of policy.
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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
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At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
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I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me - toasted and buttered on both sides.
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A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.
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Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience.
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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
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Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote.
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There are clear patterns of discrimination against Blacks and Latinos. The big banks targeted Blacks and Latinos with toxic packages of subprime predatory lending.
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In order for an ideal to become a reality, there must be a person, a personality to translate it.
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Our goal was not freedom. Freedom was the necessary prerequisite to get to equality.
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Semi-automatic weapons are not just about gun control, they're about national security. You know that these weapons can shoot down airplanes, they can blow up railroads. This is really a whole national security issue.
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You know, people'd always ask Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House? They never seen the house I'm running from.
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People like to say don't abort, adopt. But I'm saying don't strip, scholarship.
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The first thing that has to happen is the protection of voting rights and registration.
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I am - Somebody. I may be poor, but I am - Somebody! I may be on welfare, but I am - Somebody! I may be uneducated, but I am - Somebody! I must be, I'm God's child. I must be respected and protected. I am black and I am beautiful! I am - Somebody! Soul Power!
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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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I've paid my dues. I've earned your votes. Send me.
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It is a historical error for those who were not there to just refer to August 28th as 'I Have a Dream' speech day. That is a real disservice to those who were there. It was a sad day. It was not a celebration environment.
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