419 Quotes by Jesse Jackson

She's still struggling physically, ... She walks awhile, but she cannot walk long. She then has to put her legs up to take away the stress. She still has playbacks about being in the war under those conditions, so she goes through these highs and lows of stress.

Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.

We went across the South on Super Tuesday without a single catcall or boo, without a single ugly sign. Not until we got to New York and the North did the litmus test of race and religion spout from the mouths of public officials.

People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself in many ways, in people's home lives, domestic stuff.

She sat down in order that we might stand up. Paradoxically, her imprisonment opened the doors for our long journey to freedom.

Most poor people are not on welfare. . . I know they work. I'm a witness. They catch the early bus. They work every day. They raise other people's children. They work every day. They clean the streets. They work every day. They drive vans with cabs. They work every day. They change beds you slept in these hotels last night and can't get a union contract. They work every day . . .

Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.

Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.

She sat down in order that we might stand up.