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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. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well. ↗

— LaToya Jackson

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I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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Any attempt to dilute my support for Sen. Obama will not succeed. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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I am a journalist. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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