All Jesse Jackson Quotes
- No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You… Agree
- Your children need your presence more than your presents. Birthday
- Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it.… Achieve
- Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change. Both
- When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression. Called
- If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it. Achieve
- A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever. African American
- Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. Bring
- A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone… Anyone
- Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories. Dream
- America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth. America
- America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed. America
- Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. Change
- If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my… Bell
- When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through. Doors
- Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day. Along
- What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises:… Access
- It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other. Each
- Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. Anybody
- The law protects you from being abused. It doesn't threaten your lifestyle for someone else to have the right to exhibit their lifestyle. Abuse