When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
You know, people'd always ask 'Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?' They never seen the house I'm running from. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Racism as a form of skin worship, and as a sickness and a pathological anxiety for America, is so great, until the… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Our flag is read, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbown-red, yellow, brown, black and white - and we're all… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Workers, black and white, need some kind of international affirmative action to protect them from unfair competition with unorganized or slave labor… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
That's just like America. It's made up of lots of different people. We're all different colors, different ages, we do different jobs… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
When Blacks got the right to vote, white women got the right to sit on juries. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The white Christian church never raised to the heights of Christ. It stayed within the limit of culture. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist,… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps...… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
We must face the No. 1 critical issue of our day. It is youth crime in general and black-on-black crime in particular.… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
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,… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps...… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
If I were a white candidate, I'd have won the Democratic nomination. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
To allow injustice and inequality invites a Ferguson to your community. We must stand together, black, white, brown, red, and yellow and… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
On the one hand, to suggest that white poll watchers are going to black communities threatening and provocative. On the other hand… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
If my mind can conceive it ,and my heart can believe it,i known I can achieve it. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love,… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The coffers are full of money and equipment for the Ferguson Police and the Missouri National Guard to put down a potential uprising, but… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
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… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
What's good for the very rich might not be good for anybody but them. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image