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Jesse White
King
Life
People
Time
Work
You
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Work hard, be honest, help people, never give up, love your fellow man and woman, give back to society, and don't ever discriminate.
Jesse White
Work
Love
Never Give Up
Man
Woman
People
Work Hard
Society
Back
Give
Never
Fellow
Fellow Man
Up
Discriminate
Your
Hard
Help
Help People
Ever
Honest
You cannot just expect a promotion to come from the sky.
Jesse White
You
Sky
Promotion
Come
Expect
Just
Cannot
You don't jump out of an airplane and stop halfway. It's all the way.
Jesse White
You
Way
Airplane
Out
Halfway
Jump
Stop
I remember when we were called 'colored,' and Dr. King would always tell young people not to get upset at what people called you. He said if it is not the name your mother gave you, then smile, keep walking, and that's exactly what we did.
Jesse White
Smile
You
People
Remember
Mother
King
Young
Gave
Tell
Would
Exactly
Exactly What
Colored
He
Remember When
Name
Said
Always
Were
Walking
Get
Did
Upset
Young People
Then
Your
Keep
Dr
Dr. King
My parents made a great sacrifice to make sure that we had something wonderful at Christmas, and through the help of the state and others, we were able to have a good meal.
Jesse White
Christmas
Good
Great
Wonderful
Made
Parents
Sacrifice
Meal
Others
State
Good Meal
Able
Something
Through
Had
Make
Sure
Were
Help
Often when we reach great heights in life, we forget who brought us there. Well, I have not.
Jesse White
Life
Great
Heights
Brought
Reach
Well
Forget
Often
Us
Who
Not one has ever left my team to go join a gang.
Jesse White
Join
Go
Left
Team
Gang
Ever
I believe in commitment to duty. That's how I've lived my life.
Jesse White
Life
Commitment
My Life
Duty
Believe
How
Lived
I used to jump out of airplanes. I was a member of the 101st Airborne Division. When parachuting, you never look down at the ground. You feel for it with your legs. Your knees are your shock absorbers - you cannot tighten them. Same as skiing.
Jesse White
You
Down
Airplane
Member
Out
Never
Division
Knees
Feel
Look
Tighten
Jump
Shock
Same
Legs
Cannot
Them
Skiing
Your
Used
Ground
I'm a disciplinarian. And I've always been disciplined. I like to be on time. If I have a job to do, I'm going to see it from its beginning to its conclusion. No excuses, no alibis. That's how I run my life. It's called self-tough love.
Jesse White
Life
Love
Time
Job
My Life
Beginning
Run
See
Like
Excuses
Disciplinarian
Disciplined
Always
Conclusion
How
Been
Going
I speak very quickly, even for an elected public servant. So if I fast-talk you, I'm not trying to mislead you.
Jesse White
You
Speak
Mislead
Very
Quickly
Trying
Public
Elected
Even
Servant
You cannot imagine how many people called, how many letters, how many emails. Every place I go, people ask me, 'Please, don't quit.'
Jesse White
Me
You
People
Every
Please
Emails
How
How Many People
Go
Quit
Cannot
Place
Ask
Many
Letters
Imagine
We just believe when you have parental involvement, we are going to get a better bang for the buck, so to speak. And we also encourage parents to speak with their young people about the importance of safe driving. And also remind them, too, they cannot be distracted.
Jesse White
You
People
Speak
Better
Parents
Young
Believe
Too
Distracted
About
Parental
Buck
Driving
Remind
Importance
Safe
Involvement
Also
Encourage
Get
Bang
Going
Just
Cannot
Young People
Them
I just thank the people who took part in our graduated drivers task force, who came with their thoughts and ideas as to how we can best keep our roads safe, and it has paid off.
Jesse White
Best
Thoughts
People
Took
Our
Drivers
Part
Roads
Ideas
Safe
Force
How
Came
Off
Thank
Task
Task Force
Graduated
Just
Paid
Who
Keep
My top goal as your Secretary of State is to save lives by reducing fatal traffic crashes. When I established the Teen Driver Safety Task Force, the goal was to improve Illinois' graduated driver licensing law and, even more importantly, to save lives.
Jesse White
Law
Safety
Teen
State
Secretary
Top
Licensing
More
Driver
Force
Reducing
Importantly
Goal
Traffic
Improve
Task
Task Force
Graduated
Established
Crashes
Your
Illinois
Even
Lives
Fatal
Save
I believe that the Democratic Party is a party of the people, and we have to make sure that we have good representation so that those services that the people richly need and deserve will go forward.
Jesse White
Good
People
Will
Party
Believe
Those
Democratic
Democratic Party
Make
Sure
Go
Representation
Forward
Deserve
Services
Need
During the holiday season, we've asked everyone within the sound of my voice that if you're going to celebrate, celebrate in a responsible manner.
Jesse White
You
Celebrate
Holiday Season
Everyone
Responsible
Voice
Within
Sound
Going
Holiday
Asked
Manner
Season
When you come through this world, and you become successful, you have to give back.
Jesse White
You
World
Become
Back
Give
Through
Come
Successful
Instead of going to spring training, I went to basic training.
Jesse White
Training
Spring
Instead
Spring Training
Going
Basic
I was not a good student; I was an average student. In order to play basketball and baseball, I had to go to school every day. And so I was pretty good in terms of attending school.
Jesse White
Good
Day
Every Day
School
Every
Pretty
Pretty Good
Good Student
Student
Had
Attending
Terms
Go
Order
Average
Baseball
Play
Play Basketball
Basketball
I've never looked down on anyone who uses the system, but I believe that it's a temporary station in life and that we should all work toward getting off it. And once we get off it, we should pay back to that system.
Jesse White
Life
Work
Pay
Down
Believe
Back
Once
Station
System
Temporary
Never
Toward
Looked
Off
Get
Getting
Anyone
Should
Who
Uses
Naming a bridge after Dr. King was the right thing to do.
Jesse White
King
Right Thing
Naming
After
The Right Thing
Bridge
Right
Thing
Dr
Dr. King
Dr. King used to meet me outside the basketball stadium and give me $20 bills to get by.
Jesse White
Me
King
Meet
Give
Give Me
Outside
Get
Stadium
Used
Bills
Dr
Dr. King
Basketball
There are a lot of young people out there who need to start using their idle time in a positive way. Parents need to play an important role in making sure their children succeed in school.
Jesse White
Positive
Time
People
School
Parents
Important
Young
Positive Way
Way
Out
Sure
Idle
Important Role
Making
Lot
Role
Children
Young People
Succeed
Who
Using
Play
Start
Need
You cannot force a child to use their limbs if they're in pain.
Jesse White
You
Pain
Force
Limbs
Child
Cannot
Use
Just saying 'I want this and I want that' doesn't do it. My boys share and share alike in the income that the organization brings in, so that teaches them the lesson: If you work, you can earn some money. That's how life is; it's the American way.
Jesse White
Life
Work
Saying
You
Money
Organization
Lesson
Earn
Way
Alike
Some
Share
Boy
How
American
Just
Want
Them
Teaches
American Way
Income
Brings
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