Quotes from Jesse Jackson
When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.
— Jesse Jackson
Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.
— Jesse Jackson
I want to cut his nuts off.
— Jesse Jackson
Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.
— Jesse Jackson
We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world... learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate.
— Jesse Jackson
In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.
— Jesse Jackson
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.
— Jesse Jackson
has done a great job walking a thin line between revenge and remedy.
— Jesse Jackson
Let nothing and nobody break your spirit. Let the unity in the community remain intact.
— Jesse Jackson
People always grow and mature.
— Jesse Jackson
Keep hope alive!
— Jesse Jackson
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
— Jesse Jackson