Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
JESSE JACKSONDeliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
JESSE JACKSONIf my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
JESSE JACKSONIn 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 JACKSONThese 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 JACKSONIf my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!
JESSE JACKSONThe invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.
JESSE JACKSONFrom seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
JESSE JACKSONHold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
JESSE JACKSONIf there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.
JESSE JACKSONWhen the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
JESSE JACKSONNo one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
JESSE JACKSONThe white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.
JESSE JACKSONAmerica is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.
JESSE JACKSONYour children need your presence more than your presents.
JESSE JACKSONIt’s not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be – and so people here can coexist and live together.
JESSE JACKSONKeep hope alive!
JESSE JACKSON