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In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

Jesse Jackson

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Jesse Jackson
Age: 82
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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Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press.
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We live on the dash between our birth date and our death date.
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In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.
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When everyone is included, everyone wins.
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From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.
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We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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Conservatives and liberals can find common ground.
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What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.
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Iraq will drive American agenda for a long time because Iraq policy has so damaged America in the Middle East region, left us isolated. We are there now by brute strength, we are not there because we are desired.
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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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George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
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That Obama I would like to cut his nuts off.
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Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience.
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Race designation is a political designation.
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In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
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Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
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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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The liberation of Blacks is not for Blacks only.
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