Jesse Jackson Quotes About Social Justice

Quotes about: Social Justice

• I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted.

  Jesse Jackson

  Justice, Diversity, Political

  Quoted in Playboy, Nov. 1969

• When blacks are unemployed, they are considered lazy and apathetic. When whites are unemployed, it's considered a depression.

  Jesse Jackson

  Justice, Diversity, Lazy

• Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.

  Jesse Jackson

  America, Issues, Rights

• 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

  Running, Order, Justice

  Interview with Michael Bendetson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 8, 2009.

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