If the right wing has their way and state's rights control voting rights, they would remove protections that make it difficult for seniors to vote. It would be harder for students to vote on campus. These are attempts to suppress acts of voting.
Jesse JacksonWe must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up. Jesus said that we should not be judged by the bark we wear but by the fruit that we bear. Jesus said that we must measure greatness by how we treat the least of these.
Jesse JacksonYou know, people'd always ask "Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?" They never seen the house I'm running from.
Jesse JacksonWe must never surrender. America will get better and better. Keep hope alive. Keep hope alive.
Jesse JacksonThat's just like America. It's made up of lots of different people. We're all different colors, different ages, we do different jobs -- but it takes all of us black people, white people, brown people, men and women, young and old, working in the factories, working in the fields, working in offices, working in stores -- it takes a lot of different kinds of people to get the job done for America.
Jesse JacksonCapital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.
Jesse JacksonWhen we do in Grenada what the Soviet Union did in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, we lose moral authority and credibility.
Jesse JacksonWhy would anyone be able to make $21 million not showing up for work for a single day? That is vulgar capitalism. That is not good for the nation.
Jesse JacksonThe question becomes what kind of coalition can we build that will make a transition and empower the people of Iraq? The American soldiers' presence there is an act of provocation. There's a big red ball on the back of every American soldier in that country, so our being there contributes to the crisis, it does not resolve the crisis.
Jesse JacksonWhen we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.
Jesse JacksonThe only justification we have to look down on someone is because we are about to pick him up.
Jesse JacksonIf you don't feel apologetic for slavery, if you don't feel apologetic for colonialism, if you feel proud of it then say that.
Jesse JacksonThose who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press.
Jesse JacksonMost blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.
Jesse JacksonLeaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.
Jesse JacksonEach time a barrier falls for one person, the doors of opportunity open wider for every other American.
Jesse JacksonWhen we were hit on 9/11 it took us a few weeks to get the coalition together because [George] Bush had come in with a kind of narrow ideology, looking at the world, I'd say, through a keyhole and not through a door.
Jesse JacksonEverywhere I go, kids walk around not with books under their arms, but with radios up against their heads. Children can't read or write, but they can memorize whole albums.
Jesse JacksonWe have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.
Jesse JacksonChoose the human race over the nuclear race. Bury the weapons and don't burn the people.
Jesse JacksonA man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.
Jesse Jackson[Donald Trump] can`t reach out and push off at the same time when he says - he says we want the ban on assault weapons, because they`re so very dangerous, and background checks on guns, given the level of violence in the country, he says he wants more guns to make us more secure.
Jesse JacksonMy constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.
Jesse JacksonIn tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.
Jesse JacksonIf you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
Jesse JacksonDream big dreams! Others may deprive you of your material wealth and cheat you in a thousand ways, but no man can deprive you of the control and use of your imagination. Men may deal with you unfairly, as men often do; they may deprive you of your liberty; but they cannot take from you the privilege of using your imagination. In your imagination you always win!
Jesse JacksonWe campaigned across the South . . . without a single catcall or boo. It was not until we got north to New York that we began to hear this from Koch, President Reagan, and then Mrs. Ferraro . . . . Some people are making hysteria while I'm making history.
Jesse JacksonOur premise is that inclusion leads to growth. So for those who are locked out, they lose development, and those who are in power lose market and growth.
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