We’ve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a f…

Jesse Jackson
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We’ve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are. ✨ Jesse Jackson: the Mother Jones Interview. Interview with Douglas Foster, www.motherjones.com. March 2000.
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When everyone is included, everyone wins.
It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
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The more you focus on sex without love, and drugs and violence, lifestyle of intimidation and recycling, the less energy you spend on opening up the big tent.
No lie can live forever. ✨ 1984 Democratic National Convention Address, delivered 18 July 1984, San Francisco

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