Jesse Jackson Quotes
When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression. 
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No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
- Jesse Jackson
The fact that we had nine months of this drama, it is obviously embarrassing to him, ... But somehow I'm convinced that [Monday] he will face that grand jury and make his case, but what I think is most important to him is that Chelsea and Hillary are standing with him, and I suppose if that strength was not there he would really be in bigger trouble.
- Jesse Jackson
The tallest tree in the history of African American journalism has fallen, but has fallen gracefully. The tree that stood tall for over 60 years and a tree that planted a forest, a tree with widespread limbs and full of fruit. He connected to Africa and African Americans. He shared the pain of Emmett Till, the development of Martin Luther King Jr., and was a source of information and inspiration. He was the number one black publisher for 60 years. His impact had been felt through the whole world of journalism.
- Jesse Jackson