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I had to steal to survive.

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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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Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
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God doesn't make orange juice, God makes oranges.
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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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At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.
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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 may choose your mate, but you cannot deny someone else the right to choose their mate.
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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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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
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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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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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The trouble is that nonviolence is so often defined as refusal to fight, and that is the American definition of cowardice. In fact, marching unarmed against the guns and dogs of the police requires more courage than does aggression. The perverted idea of manhood coming from the barrel of a gun is what keeps people from understanding nonviolence.
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You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.
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In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.
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I was born in a slum, but the slum wasn't born in me.
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We’ve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.
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[Donald Trump] can`t reach out and push off at the same time when he says - he says we want the ban on assault weapons, because they`re so very dangerous, and background checks on guns, given the level of violence in the country, he says he wants more guns to make us more secure.
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When blacks are unemployed, they are considered lazy and apathetic. When whites are unemployed, it's considered a depression.
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Abortion is black genocide...What happens to the mind of a person and the moral fabric of a nation that accepts the aborting of the life of a baby without a pang of conscience?
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I'm not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates.
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When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment.
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