“When we do in Grenada what the Soviet Union did in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, we lose moral authority and credibility.” LosesMoralAuthorityUnionsAfghanistanSovietSoviet UnionAmerican PoliticsCredibilityMoral AuthorityCzechoslovakiaGrenada Author:Jesse Jackson
“I've paid my dues. I've earned your votes. Send me.” VotePaidDuesAmerican Politics Author:Jesse Jackson
“We picked their cotton. We cooked their food. We nursed their babies. Now we can run their cities. We can run their states. We will run the country.” CountryStatesRunningCitiesBabyAmerican PoliticsCotton Author:Jesse Jackson
“I'm a Third World person. I grew up in an occupied zone [Greenville, South Carolina] and had to negotiate with the superpower, really the colonial power.” WorldPersonsGrewGrew UpThirdsSouthZoneAmerican PoliticsThird WorldSuperpowerCarolinaSouth Carolina Author:Jesse Jackson
“Workers, black and white, need some kind of international affirmative action to protect them from unfair competition with unorganized or slave labor abroad and unfair competition with robots at home.” NeedsKindHomeActionBlackWhiteProtectLaborCompetitionSlaveWorkersInternationalBlack And WhiteUnfairRobotsAmerican PoliticsAffirmative ActionAffirmativeSlave Labor Author:Jesse Jackson
“When it came to the division of power, we did not get from the Jews the slice of cake we deserved... the Jews do not share with us control of wealth, broadcasting stations and other centers of power.” WealthShareJewStationsDivisionCakeAmerican PoliticsBroadcasting Author:Jesse Jackson
“Unfortunate. Unfortunate. Sometimes people struggling for freedom lose their way.” PeopleWaySometimesLosesStruggleUnfortunateAmerican Politics Author:Jesse Jackson
“If I were a white candidate, I'd have won the Democratic nomination.” IfsWhiteDemocraticCandidatesAmerican PoliticsNominations Author:Jesse Jackson
