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Jesse Jackson Quotes

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American Activist October 8, 1941

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There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps... then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved. Jesse Jackson
On the political front, of course it's a zero-sum game. If it's all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it's, 'Women are coming!' Get 10 blacks and it's, 'Blacks are coming!' 'Hispanics are coming!' Zero-sum game. The seatmates might change but the chairs don't move. In the economy, the number of chairs can actually increase. Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson quote: "When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are..."
When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression. Jesse Jackson
The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt Jesse Jackson
Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our preacher is not arrogant enough to take God's word, so he have to go and get some white fellow's agenda and put it in his church. Jesse Jackson
Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House. Jesse Jackson
You know, people'd always ask 'Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?' They never seen the house I'm running from. Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson quote: "When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners..."
When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote. Jesse Jackson

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