Quotes By Jesse Jackson

On the political front, of course it's a zero-sum game. If it's all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it's, 'Women are coming!' Get 10 blacks and it's, 'Blacks are coming!' 'Hispanics are coming!' Zero-sum game. The seatmates might change but the chairs don't move. In the economy, the number of chairs can actually increase.

Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.

In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.

While I've spent a lot of quality time with my children, perhaps it's not been enough.

I take my role seriously as a pastor.

I want to make America better!

America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.

So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have - we've overcome that level of racial fear.

We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world... learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate.

A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.

When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment.

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.

You know, people'd always ask 'Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?' They never seen the house I'm running from.

It is a historical error for those who were not there to just refer to August 28th as 'I Have a Dream' speech day. That is a real disservice to those who were there. It was a sad day. It was not a celebration environment.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.

Conservatives and liberals can find common ground.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

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.