Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, Scripture says that you shall know the tree by the fruit that it bears. A good tree bears good fruit. Strong trees bring forth strong fruit. Loving trees bear loving fruit. Mr. Speaker, what then is to be said about a tree whose fruit is a respected and courageous freedom fighter? Mr. Speaker, I am speaking of a great woman of distinction, Helen Burns Jackson, the mother of renowned Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., who is the founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition that is based in the First Congressional District of Illinois. {time} 2115 Mother Burns Jackson, Mr. Speaker, was the epitome of a strong, good, fruit-bearing tree. She made her transition from life to eternity on September 7, 2015, after a lengthy illness. She was surrounded by her loving family and her friends. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Ms. Burns Jackson instilled in her children a sense of dignity, self-respect, and loving justice in the face of the inhumane treatment of African Americans in the segregated South. Born in 1925, she endured the hardships of poverty, the hardships of racism, to raise two sons of great accomplishment, great distinction, an American hero and civil rights legend, the Reverent Jesse Louis Jackson, Senior, and the Motown music phenomenon Charles Jackson. A gifted singer of world renowned. Mrs. Burns Jackson herself was a singer and dancer, and she passed on a scholarship to a great college to raise her two sons. Her life, Mr.…”