Alexander Hamilton:
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?

Jesse Jackson quotes

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
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America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
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America is not like a blanket-one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt-many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread.
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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
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Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.
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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
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Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.
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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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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.
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I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me - toasted and buttered on both sides.
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I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted.
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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
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