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Jesse Jackson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 8
Activist
Civil Rights Advocate
Human Rights Activist
Pastor
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Greenville
South Carolina
Jesse Jackson
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Jesse Louis Jackson
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The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.
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Watch the walls come down, whether it's in the South or on Wall Street. When the walls come down, what do we find? More markets, more talent, more capital and growth. Which means that the race and sex discrimination stunt economic growth. It's not good for capitalism. It's not good for America's growth. And it's not morally right.
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We are facing a stiff wind right now, but if we persist and keep fighting back, we will prevail.
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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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So many bright stars, bright in life, burn out quickly.
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If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.
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Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.
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Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president.
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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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Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.
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It's not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be - and so people here can coexist and live together.
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People always grow and mature.
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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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I want to cut his nuts off.
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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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In order for an ideal to become a reality, there must be a person, a personality to translate it.
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