419 Quotes by Jesse Jackson

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    Racism as a form of skin worship, and as a sickness and a pathological anxiety for America, is so great, until the poor whites -- rather than fighting for jobs or education -- fight to remain pink and fight to remain white. And therefore they cannot see an alliance with people that they feel to be inherently inferior.

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    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.

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    He has stood for the inclusion of all segments of our society under the law; women, gender equality, workers' rights to organize, and civil rights for the least able.

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    Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.

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    He exudes a great sense of confidence in the jury as being fair. Michael anxiously awaits the jury's verdict, but anticipates acquittal.

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