Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He is the founder of the organizations that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. Jackson was also the host of Both Sides with Jesse Jackson on CNN from 1992 to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth8 October 1941
CountryUnited States of America
There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.
Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.
The law protects you from being abused. It doesn't threaten your lifestyle for someone else to have the right to exhibit their lifestyle.
What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
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.
America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed.
Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.
When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.
Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs.
I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me - toasted and buttered on both sides.
When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment.
Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.