Jesse Jackson

“If the American people in a matter of months can love the people of Kuwait, whom they have not seen, they can love the people of our nation's capital just as well.”

“We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.”

“Your children need your presence more than your presents.”

“In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.”

“Republicans are the party of 'no,' and Democrats are the party of 'don't know' because it hasn't fought for bold ideas, policies, or plans to turn us in a new direction.”

“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.”

“I take my role seriously as a pastor.”

“For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before.”

“Conservatives and liberals can find common ground.”

“When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment.”

“We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together.”

“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.”

“Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.”

“There's a full-court press to put down an uprising around Ferguson, but no preparation for lifting up the people there.”

“Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven.”

“Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.”

“Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most.”

“I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.”

“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.”

“In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.”