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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: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 8
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Greenville
South Carolina
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Jesse Louis Jackson
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Jesse Louis Jackson
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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain.
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No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there's no future in riots.
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To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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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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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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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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