--- title: "4 Coalitions Quotes By Jesse Jackson" description: "4 Coalitions quotes by Jesse Jackson. Plus more from Jesse Jackson and more Coalitions sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a25/jesse-jackson-1161_allies_we-made-this-inexplicable-turn-into-iraq_958609.jpg" --- > [ We made this inexplicable turn into Iraq, where we've lost lives, money, honour and the coalition on \[George\] Bush's watch. Surely he's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/we-made-this-inexplicable-turn-into-iraq-where-we-ve-lost-lives-money/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a25/jesse-jackson-1161_allies_we-made-this-inexplicable-turn-into-iraq_958609.jpg) > [The question becomes what kind of coalition can we build that will make a transition and empower the people of Iraq? The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/the-question-becomes-what-kind-of-coalition-can-we-build-that-will/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/jesse-jackson-1161_american-soldier_the-question-becomes-what-kind-of-coalit_1882816.jpg) > [Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/black-and-jewish-leaders-have-been-a-coalition-of-conscience/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/jesse-jackson-1161_black_black-and-jewish-leaders-have-been-a-coa_2252922.jpg) > [ When we were hit on 9/11 it took us a few weeks to get the coalition together because \[George\] Bush had come… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/when-we-were-hit-on-9-11-it-took-us-a-few-weeks-to-get-the-coalition/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/jesse-jackson-1161_coalition_when-we-were-hit-on-9-11-it-took-us-a-fe_2556278.jpg) ## Other authors on Coalitions ## More by Jesse Jackson > [If my mind can conceive it ,and my heart can believe it,i known I can achieve it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/if-my-mind-can-conceive-it-and-my-heart-can-believe-it-i-known-i-can/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/we-reveal-our-joys-and-successes-we-conceal-our-pain/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/we-blacks-were-the-first-people-embracing-obama-long-before-the/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [The coffers are full of money and equipment for the Ferguson Police and the Missouri National Guard to put down a potential uprising, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/the-coffers-are-full-of-money-and-equipment-for-the-ferguson-police/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [Many are observing Ferguson and witnessing the anger, demonstrations, looting and vandalism and calling for quiet. But quiet isn't enough. The absence of noise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/many-are-observing-ferguson-and-witnessing-the-anger-demonstrations/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [What's good for the very rich might not be good for anybody but them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/what-s-good-for-the-very-rich-might-not-be-good-for-anybody-but-them/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/those-who-have-the-most-wealth-and-the-most-property-their-children/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/most-blacks-will-argue-that-they-excel-because-of-hard-work-because/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [Pictures can live in one's memory. That's why they are important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/pictures-can-live-in-one-s-memory-that-s-why-they-are-important/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/a-check-or-credit-card-a-gucci-bag-strap-anything-of-value-will-do/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/when-they-wrote-the-constitution-only-white-male-landowners-had-the/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [I'm too mature to be angry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/i-m-too-mature-to-be-angry/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [We picked their cotton. We cooked their food. We nursed their babies. Now we can run their cities. We can run their states. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/we-picked-their-cotton-we-cooked-their-food-we-nursed-their-babies/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [There are clear patterns of discrimination against Blacks and Latinos. The big banks targeted Blacks and Latinos with toxic packages of subprime predatory lending.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/there-are-clear-patterns-of-discrimination-against-blacks-and-latinos/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) > [Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/few-would-deny-that-blacks-have-become-very-dominant-in-athletics/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coalitions/jesse-jackson/#itemlist", "name": "4 Coalitions Quotes By Jesse Jackson", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We made this inexplicable turn into Iraq, where we've lost lives, money, honour and the coalition on [George] Bush's watch. 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