60 Quotes by Alphonso Jackson

America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn’t matter what color you are.

And I always like to stress, it’s not a quota, not a set-aside, it’s not about race, it’s about giving opportunities to demonstrate their abilities to do work with the Federal Government.

The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person’s capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin.

They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don’t do that. So what we’re doing by this program is strengthening America.

But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I’ve been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in Federal Government.

And what most people don’t understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.