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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

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I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy. – Jesse Jackson

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Peace
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Jesse Jackson
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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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Jesse Jackson
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Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories. – Jesse Jackson

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Dreams
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Its certain that the death of an actor can be on a television screen playing the same thing every week. – Giancarlo Esposito

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Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure. – Errol Flynn

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Death

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. – Leo Tolstoy

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