419 Quotes by Jesse Jackson

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    Those people are not walking the beat today (in Philadelphia), and that's good news.

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    I am - Somebody. I may be poor, but I am - Somebody! I may be on welfare, but I am - Somebody! I may be uneducated, but I am - Somebody! I must be, I'm God's child. I must be respected and protected. I am black and I am beautiful! I am - Somebody! Soul Power!

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    Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children.

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    The solution [to a crisis pregnancy] is not to kill the innocent baby but to deal with the mother's values and her attitudes toward life.

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    Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.

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    We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.

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