#th

I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#death #during #ever #extended #i

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#make #man #occasions #show #strong

If the American people in a matter of months can love the people of Kuwait, whom they have not seen, they can love the people of our nation's capital just as well. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#american people #capital #just #kuwait #love

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 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 Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy; hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don't have a plan for reconstruction at home. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#build #democracy #die #every #home

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

There is a lot of territory out there still to explore TV-wise, show-wise, movie-wise, everything. ↗

— Randy Jackson

#explore #lot #out #still #territory

I'm a realist and I always have been. Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#always #athlete #been #before #being

I've had asthma my entire life. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#entire #entire life #had #i #life