Quotes from Jesse Jackson
Never look down on people unless you are helping them up.
- Jesse Jackson
When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.
- Jesse Jackson
Never look down on someone unless you're helping them up.
- Jesse Jackson
What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.
- Jesse Jackson
Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote.
- Jesse Jackson
We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
- Jesse Jackson
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.
- Jesse Jackson
So many bright stars, bright in life, burn out quickly.
- Jesse Jackson
I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.
- Jesse Jackson
If you don't know what tomorrow holds, you need to know who holds tomorrow!
- Jesse Jackson
Suffering breeds character. Character breeds faith. And in the end, faith will not disappoint. Faith, hope, and dreams will prevail... Our time has come. Our time has come. Our time has come.
- Jesse Jackson
Each time a barrier falls for one person, the doors of opportunity open wider for every other American.
- Jesse Jackson