I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
JESSE JACKSONI hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
JESSE JACKSONIf my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!
JESSE JACKSONIf my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
JESSE JACKSONWhen I came here, I put my hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. I didn’t put my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.
JESSE JACKSONFrom seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
JESSE JACKSONWe’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
JESSE JACKSONWe must somehow bring our soldiers back home and not allow them to be trophies in a growing, deepening crisis between the U.S. and China.
JESSE JACKSONBoth tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
JESSE JACKSONI cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it’s time for you to send it back to me – toasted and buttered on both sides.
JESSE JACKSONNo one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.
JESSE JACKSONYou may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
JESSE JACKSONHold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
JESSE JACKSONTime is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
JESSE JACKSONOur dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
JESSE JACKSONThe burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you achieve, you have achieved, indeed.
JESSE JACKSONThere is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps… then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.
JESSE JACKSON