I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.
Jesse JacksonWhen I was a boy we were poor and we had to make do with what we had. So my grandma used to make us quits that we used for blankets. She couldn't afford to go to the store and buy a blanket -- so she'd take scraps of cloth and sew them together. there'd be different colors and different patterns and different types of cloth -- but they all went together to make that big quilt to keep us warm.
Jesse JacksonYou may choose your mate, but you cannot deny someone else the right to choose their mate.
Jesse Jackson