Quote by 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

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In many ways, history is marked as before and after Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down. – Jesse Jackson

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People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself in many ways, in peoples home lives, domestic stuff. – Jesse Jackson

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I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet. – Jesse Jackson

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Man is not free unless government is limited. – Ronald Reagan

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And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together. – James Madison

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I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts. – Harold MacMillan

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Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people. – Andrew Cuomo

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