"They take pride in their schools. They begin……" — Alphonso Jackson
"They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by this program is strengthening America."
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Alphonso Jackson
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28 Quotes by Alphonso Jackson
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And I always like to stress, it's not a quota, not a set-aside, it's not about race, it's about giving…
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And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry…
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After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.
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America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it…
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But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely…
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For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.
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Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.
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I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world.
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So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well.
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The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it…
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I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality.
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The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.
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