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It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.

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Jesse Jackson
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: October 8
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Greenville
South Carolina
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Jesse Louis Jackson
Sr.
Jesse Louis Jackson
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Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House.
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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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Let nothing and nobody break your spirit. Let the unity in the community remain intact.
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There have been more people disenfranchised in Washington than there have been in Kuwait.
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The interest right now is taking resources back to the state and allowing the minority to have tyranny over the minority. It's an ideological power grab. It's like in this Congressional rebellion they are willing to sink the ship to destroy the captain.
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Hymies. And Hymietown.
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When we do in Grenada what the Soviet Union did in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, we lose moral authority and credibility.
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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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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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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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I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.
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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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Our goal was not freedom. Freedom was the necessary prerequisite to get to equality.
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If you wear a hoodie but aren't registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.
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Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.
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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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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there's no future in riots.
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