Jesse Jackson Quotes

At least the politicians are accountable to the voters.
Jesse Jackson

Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience.
Jesse Jackson

Black, Conscience, Leaders

Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children.
Jesse Jackson

God, Men, Children

Conservatives and liberals can find common ground.
Jesse Jackson

Find, Common, Ground

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 mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true.
Jesse Jackson

Health, True, Care

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 think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never let go. Even worse, now the Republicans feel they can keep pushing and he will keep giving. They have not seen a stiff resistance on his part.
Jesse Jackson

Fight, Giving, Goal

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, Made, Service

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 American people in a matter of months can love the people of Kuwait, whom they have not seen, they can love the people of our nation's capital just as well.
Jesse Jackson

Love, American, Matter

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

Lost, Vote, Slavery

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Nationality: American

Born: October 8, 1941

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