"You can't rise as a class. You have……" — Alphonso Jackson
"You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand."
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Alphonso Jackson
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28 Quotes by Alphonso Jackson
Alphonso Jackson has 28 quotes on this site.
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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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During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement.
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In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.
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