Quote by Jesse Jackson
I was extended secret service protection during my presidential ru

I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate. – Jesse Jackson

Other quotes by Jesse Jackson

Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master. – Jesse Jackson

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Justice & Law
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Weve 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

Category:
Government
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The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, Let no one be called happy till his death to which I would add, Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Death

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth. – Ernest Hemingway

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Death

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever. – Henry Van Dyke

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Death

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death. – Angela Carter

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Death

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Audiences want to see intelligent movies. – Harvey Weinstein

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