Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy. Jesse Jackson More Quotes by Jesse Jackson More Quotes From Jesse Jackson In politics, an organized minority is a political majority. Jesse Jackson democracyfreedompolitical We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love, 96 percent of blacks voted for him in 2008. Yet today we are the number one in unemployment, with 16 percent of American blacks out of work. Jesse Jackson first-lovenumberslong You know, people'd always ask "Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?" They never seen the house I'm running from. Jesse Jackson whiterunningpeople 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 oddsgodperfect Your children need your presence more than your presents. Jesse Jackson familybirthdayinspirational Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day. Jesse Jackson visionleadershipchallenges That's just like America. It's made up of lots of different people. We're all different colors, different ages, we do different jobs -- but it takes all of us black people, white people, brown people, men and women, young and old, working in the factories, working in the fields, working in offices, working in stores -- it takes a lot of different kinds of people to get the job done for America. Jesse Jackson colorjobsmen That Obama I would like to cut his nuts off. Jesse Jackson cuttingnuts That's all Hymie wants to talk about is Israel. Every time you go to Hymietown that's all they want to talk about. Jesse Jackson israelwant Racism as a form of skin worship, and as a sickness and a pathological anxiety for America, is so great, until the poor whites -- rather than fighting for jobs or education -- fight to remain pink and fight to remain white. And therefore they cannot see an alliance with people that they feel to be inherently inferior. Jesse Jackson fightingwhitejobs 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. Jesse Jackson slave-shipsdiversityamerica It is a historical error for those who were not there to just refer to August 28th as 'I Have a Dream' speech day. That is a real disservice to those who were there. It was a sad day. It was not a celebration environment. Jesse Jackson errorsrealdream When I first went to jail in 1960 with seven classmates trying to use their public library against the backdrop of my father being a veteran of World War II, not being able to use - having to sit behind Nazi on American military bases, I lost my fear of jails and death. Jesse Jackson militarywarfather We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams. Jesse Jackson black-historydreammotivational Semi-automatic weapons are not just about gun control, they're about national security. You know that these weapons can shoot down airplanes, they can blow up railroads. This is really a whole national security issue. Jesse Jackson airplanegunblow 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. Jesse Jackson togetherjusticepeople 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 governmentgoaldream Race designation is a political designation. Jesse Jackson designationpoliticalrace I was born in a slum, but the slum wasn't born in me. Jesse Jackson slumsborn In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up. Jesse Jackson tough-economic-timesabortionpeople
