Jesse Jackson Quotes

Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf.
Jesse Jackson

Football, Basketball, Become

Fighting disparities is very significant.
Jesse Jackson

George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
Jesse Jackson

Dead, State, Number

I am a journalist.
Jesse Jackson

I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.
Jesse Jackson

Woman, Others, Greater

I had to steal to survive.
Jesse Jackson

I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.
Jesse Jackson

Hard, Black, Between

I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted.
Jesse Jackson

Stuff, Hear, Melted

I know how to run a nationally paced campaign.
Jesse Jackson

Run, Campaign, Nationally

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
Jesse Jackson

Heard, Speeches, Recycled

I remember being taught my place.
Jesse Jackson

Remember, Place, Taught

I take my role seriously as a pastor.
Jesse Jackson

Seriously, Role, Pastor

I want to make America better!
Jesse Jackson

I was born in a slum, but the slum wasn't born in me.
Jesse Jackson

I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.
Jesse Jackson

Death, Service, Secret

I'm not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates.
Jesse Jackson

Time, Wasting, Candidates

If a black doctor discovers a cure for cancer, ain't no hospital going to lock him out.
Jesse Jackson

Black, Him, Doctor

If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.
Jesse Jackson

Lost, Vote, Slavery

If you don't feel apologetic for slavery, if you don't feel apologetic for colonialism, if you feel proud of it then say that.
Jesse Jackson

Proud, Slavery, Apologetic

If you don't know what tomorrow holds, you need to know who holds tomorrow!
Jesse Jackson

Tomorrow, Holds

If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.
Jesse Jackson

Lose, Might, Run

In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.
Jesse Jackson

America, Africa, Ways

Life has its dimensions in the mysterious.
Jesse Jackson

Life, Mysterious, Dimensions

Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.
Jesse Jackson

Work, Hard, Blood

Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities.
Jesse Jackson

Used, Knows, Community

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Nationality: American

Born: October 8, 1941

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