So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much talent.
Jesse JacksonLet nothing and nobody break your spirit. Let the unity in the community remain intact.
Jesse JacksonYou may choose your mate, but you cannot deny someone else the right to choose their mate.
Jesse JacksonWe made this inexplicable turn into Iraq, where we've lost lives, money, honour and the coalition on [George] Bush's watch. Surely he's not suggesting that if the Democrats win, things can get worse. I mean, all we can do now is to look at our field policy and change the course. We need more diplomatic outreach toward Iran, Syria and Middle Eastern allies, and less bluster and less threats, and fewer troops.
Jesse JacksonWe blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love, 96 percent of blacks voted for him in 2008. Yet today we are the number one in unemployment, with 16 percent of American blacks out of work.
Jesse Jackson