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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