Jesse Jackson
» Change » “Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.”
» Children » “Your children need your presence more than your presents.”
» Diversity » “America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.”
» Diversity » “Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow — red, yellow, brown, black and white — and we’re all precious in God’s sight.”
» Dreams » “We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.”
» Giving » “A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.”
» Hope » “Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.”
» Modesty » “Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.”
» Opportunity » “When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.”
» Politicians and Politics » “My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.”
» Pride » “Never look down on anybody unless you are helping them up.”
» Public » “I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.”
» Race and Racism » “Racism as a form of skin worship, and as a sickness and a pathological anxiety for America, is so great, until the poor whites — rather than fighting for jobs or education — fight to remain pink and fight to remain white. And therefore they cannot see an alliance with people that they feel to be inherently inferior.”
» Unemployment » “When we’re unemployed, we’re called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it’s called a depression.”
