Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics. -Jesse Jackson Car
To allow injustice and inequality invites a Ferguson to your community. We must stand together, black, white, brown, red, and yellow and fight for justice and equality for all. It's the only way to avoid more Fergusons. -Jesse Jackson Equality
No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams. -Jesse Jackson Government
Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude. -Jesse Jackson Attitude
Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics. -Jesse Jackson Health
I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet. -Jesse Jackson Best
I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet. -Jesse Jackson Patience
A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever. -Jesse Jackson Death
So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have - we've overcome that level of racial fear. -Jesse Jackson Fear
If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart. -Jesse Jackson Forgiveness
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. -Jesse Jackson Leadership
A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever. -Jesse Jackson Men
In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down. -Jesse Jackson History
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day. -Jesse Jackson Leadership
We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in. -Jesse Jackson Home
Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change. -Jesse Jackson Change
Many are observing Ferguson and witnessing the anger, demonstrations, looting and vandalism and calling for quiet. But quiet isn't enough. The absence of noise isn't the presence of justice - and we must demand justice in Ferguson and the other 'Fergusons' around America. -Jesse Jackson Anger
Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change. -Jesse Jackson Sympathy
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. -Jesse Jackson Leadership
