419 Quotes by Jesse Jackson

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.

I think the pain is subsiding. The back is getting better.

The gulf state policy at home and abroad has failed. We must go another way.

If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.

The question becomes what kind of coalition can we build that will make a transition and empower the people of Iraq? The American soldiers' presence there is an act of provocation. There's a big red ball on the back of every American soldier in that country, so our being there contributes to the crisis, it does not resolve the crisis.

I thought about Emmett Till, and I couldn't go back,

The clearer the distinction Kerry makes between himself and President Bush on this war, and the economy, the better off he will be.

Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk.