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
Choose the human race over the nuclear race. Bury the weapons and don't burn the people.
We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up. Jesus said that we should not be judged by the bark we wear but by the fruit that we bear. Jesus said that we must measure greatness by how we treat the least of these.
When everyone is included, everyone wins.
I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative.
The trouble is that nonviolence is so often defined as refusal to fight, and that is the American definition of cowardice. In fact, marching unarmed against the guns and dogs of the police requires more courage than does aggression. The perverted idea of manhood coming from the barrel of a gun is what keeps people from understanding nonviolence.
That's all Hymie wants to talk about is Israel. Every time you go to Hymietown that's all they want to talk about.
It's not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be - and so people here can coexist and live together.
His foreparents came to America in immigrant ships. My foreparents came to America in slave ships. But whatever the original ships, we are both in the same boat tonight.
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high.