17 Quotes by Benjamin Todd Jealous

No person can maximize the American Dream on the minimum wage.

Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve. It has no place in our national discourse, and no place in our nation's police departments.

In a democracy there are only two types of power: there's organized people and organized money, and organized money only wins when people aren't organized.

Let us nurture the practice of family values, by embracing policies that value families.

We do not owe allegiance to any candidate because they share our party or our color, but because they share our principles and our conscience.

The black community has been the foundation of the progressive community in this country for a long time.

Last century we needed lawyers; this century we need big, broad coalitions. When extremists decide to attack all our communities, they must hope that there will be infighting. But we have stood all for one and one for all. That is how we will win.

As an American people, what is greatest about our history are the many times we have led this world away from hate, towards hope.

In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction.