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We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love, 96 percent of blacks voted for him in 2008. Yet today we are the number one in unemployment, with 16 percent of American blacks out of work. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#before #blacks #embracing #expensive #first

We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#been #behave #democratic #fair #focus

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives! ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#because #churches #dare #enough #i

I didn't want my kids having to pass through an airport named after their father. ↗

— Peter Jackson

#airport #father #having #i #kids

Fans don't boo nobodies. ↗

— Reggie Jackson

#boo #fans

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that. ↗

— Reggie Jackson

#baseball #baseball history #black #history #i

One of the things I noticed more in this draft than in any recent drafts was the importance of the character issue. Players who had baggage, like Justice, fell much farther than his talent dictated. But a lot of coaches didn't want to take the chance. ↗

— Ron Jaworski

#baggage #chance #character #coaches #dictated

It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful. ↗

— Wyclef Jean

#i #important #love #people #people say

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#alone #error #itself #needs #stand

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#army #disciplined #dispense #important #keep