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.

— Alphonso Jackson

And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.

— Alphonso Jackson

But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success.

— Alphonso Jackson

I think that there will always be a need for Housing and Urban Development.

— 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…

— Alphonso Jackson

But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that…

— Alphonso Jackson

The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.

— Alphonso Jackson

As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans…

— Alphonso Jackson

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

— Alphonso Jackson

And for far too long, the Democrats have had a monopoly on black votes in this country.

— Alphonso Jackson

We believe that, by the time that we leave office, it will be institutionalized, and these programs will be addressing the needs…

— Alphonso Jackson

The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be…

— Alphonso Jackson

America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter…

— Alphonso Jackson

And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry out those…

— Alphonso Jackson

For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.

— Alphonso Jackson

Being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.

— Alphonso Jackson

I believe that if you are elderly, physically or mentally handicapped we have an obligation too you, but if you are able-bodied,…

— Alphonso Jackson

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

— Alphonso Jackson

In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move.

— Alphonso Jackson

I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world.

— Alphonso Jackson

One of the problems that we are confronted with is, when we decide to buy or build a home, we don't get…

— Alphonso Jackson

So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well.

— Alphonso Jackson

The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and…

— Alphonso Jackson

The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a…

— Alphonso Jackson

So, we're saying, if we can give developers and builders incentives to cut down on the regulatory barriers that are faced in…

— Alphonso Jackson