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Jesse Jackson

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If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.


— Jesse Jackson


#lost #slavery #states #vote #would

If you don't feel apologetic for slavery, if you don't feel apologetic for colonialism, if you feel proud of it then say that.


— Jesse Jackson


#colonialism #feel #proud #say #slavery

If you don't know what tomorrow holds, you need to know who holds tomorrow!


— Jesse Jackson


#know #need #tomorrow #who #you

If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.


— Jesse Jackson


#lose #might #run #you

If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up.


— Jesse Jackson


#black #jobs #motivation #open #people

In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.


— Jesse Jackson


#america #development #europe #many #ways

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.


— Jesse Jackson


#minority #organized #political #politics

Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.


— Jesse Jackson


#cannot #challenge #day #get #go

Life has its dimensions in the mysterious.


— Jesse Jackson


#life #mysterious

Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote.


— Jesse Jackson


#end #even #fought #lives #lost






About Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson Quotes




Did you know about Jesse Jackson?

Time magazine quoted Jackson as saying at that time that the traditional civil rights movement had lost its "offensive thrust. In the mid-1990s he was approached about being the United States Ambassador to South Africa but declined the opportunity in favor of helping his son Jesse Jackson Jr. In 1965 Jackson participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches organized by James Bevel King and other civil rights leaders in Alabama.

He is the founder of the organizations that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. is his eldest son.

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