Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He is the founder of the organizations that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. Jackson was also the host of Both Sides with Jesse Jackson on CNN from 1992 to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth8 October 1941
CountryUnited States of America
Jesse Jackson quotes about
Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs.
Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.
There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.
Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed.
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 head and not to my heart.
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
The ground is no place for a champion. The ground is no place that I will wallow on.
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: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.
When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.
I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me - toasted and buttered on both sides.
When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment.
Pictures can live in one's memory. That's why they are important.
I do not deny the allegation, I deny the allegator.