Ocupation: Activist
Life: b. October 8, 1941
Birthday: October 8
We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.
source: "Jesse Jackson: Power, politics and the preacher man". Interview with Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. April 17, 1999.
topic: Running, Home, Average, Batting