The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. (born October 8, 1941)
United States pastor ; civil rights and political activist
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- "Politicians argue for abortion largely because they do not want to spend the necessary money to feed, clothe and educate more people... There are those who argue that the right to privacy is of higher order than the right to life. I do not share that view... That was the premise of slavery. You could not protest the existence or treatment of slaves on the plantation because that was private and therefore outside of your right to concerned. " - 1977 article in Right to Life News
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- "The Bible is nothing but a succession of civil rights struggles by the Jewish people, against their oppressors."
- "the most honest, courageous politician I have ever met." - describing Fidel Castro during a 1984 visit to Havana
- "Keep hope alive!"
- "Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up."
- "Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together."
- "We need a regime change in this country."
- "George W. Bush is unliterate."
