“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.”
Sad
“We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world... learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate.”
LearningAll Quotes by Jesse Jackson
“Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.”
Failure“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.”
Home“I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true.”
Health“Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.”
Change“We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.”
Dreams“Your children need your presence more than your presents.”
Birthday“The relationship between the prophet and the President, the priest and the President, is a sacred one.”
Relationship“Keep hope alive!”
Hope“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.”
Hope“On the political front, of course it's a zero-sum game. If it's all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it's, 'Women are coming!' Get 10 blacks and it's, 'Blacks are coming!' 'Hispanics are coming!' Zero-sum game. The seatmates might change but the chairs don't move. In the economy, the number of chairs can actually increase.”
Change“Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy sweat will get you change.”
Change“Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.”
Leadership“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.”
Dreams“We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world... learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate.”
Learning“At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.”
Fear“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.”
History“In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.”
Politics“Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.”
Leadership“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.”
Death