419 Quotes by Jesse Jackson



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    Of course, at the age of nineteen or twenty, she knows about sex, ... She's seen videos, watched television, listened to music. She knows what is expected in marriage, and knows what, in fact, happens.

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    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.

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    My experience has been whenever captured soldiers are released, it at least creates a window for dialogue.

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    You cannot teach what you don't know. You cannot give energy if you're not on fire on the inside.

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    Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.

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    The trouble is that nonviolence is so often defined as refusal to fight, and that is the American definition of cowardice. In fact, marching unarmed against the guns and dogs of the police requires more courage than does aggression. The perverted idea of manhood coming from the barrel of a gun is what keeps people from understanding nonviolence.

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