More - Jesse Jackson Quotes

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.

Jesse Jackson

 American Activist

Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.

Jesse Jackson

 Hope

He has stood for the inclusion of all segments of our society under the law; women, gender equality, workers' rights to organize, and civil rights for the least able.

Jesse Jackson

 Equality

These students are courageous and this is an experience they will never forget, ... They held on to hope and had the strength and determination to survive.

Jesse Jackson

 Experience

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.

Jesse Jackson

 American Activist Doors

Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.

Jesse Jackson

 American Activist Dreams

I think President Bush and Secretary Powell are doing their best, but there must be some bridge to break the impasse. We must prioritize getting the release of the American soldiers who are, in fact, being held hostage.

Jesse Jackson

 

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.

Jesse Jackson

 American Activist Depression

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

Jesse Jackson

 American Activist

These poor black people were left stranded in the city when federal government had resources readily available and they didn't deliver the resources and I think people died because of this and these are tough questions that need to be answered.

Jesse Jackson

 Government