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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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Jesse Jackson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 8
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Greenville
South Carolina
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You can't teach what you don't know. And you can't lead where you don't go.
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I've paid my dues. I've earned your votes. Send me.
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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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At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.
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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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There is fear, police in fear, people if are in fear, children are fear, but fear and hate must not drive our agenda, love and hope and healing must drive the agenda.
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We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up. Jesus said that we should not be judged by the bark we wear but by the fruit that we bear. Jesus said that we must measure greatness by how we treat the least of these.
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No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high.
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You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.
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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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In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.
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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there's no future in riots.
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Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk.
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Everywhere I go, kids walk around not with books under their arms, but with radios up against their heads. Children can't read or write, but they can memorize whole albums.
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I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.
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