Quotes By Jesse Jackson

I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never let go. Even worse, now the Republicans feel they can keep pushing and he will keep giving. They have not seen a stiff resistance on his part.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain.

At least the politicians are accountable to the voters.

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.

If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.

From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.

Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House.

In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy; hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don't have a plan for reconstruction at home.

If a black doctor discovers a cure for cancer, ain't no hospital going to lock him out.

Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most.

Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.

Keep hope alive!

Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.

We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together.

Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven.

I remember being taught my place.

There have been more people disenfranchised in Washington than there have been in Kuwait.

When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote.

Fighting disparities is very significant.

Music of all arts should be expansive and inclusive.

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.

Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

People always grow and mature.

George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.

Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics.

If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up.