Jesse Jackson Quotes & Sayings (Page 12)

“I take my role seriously as a pastor.”

“I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.”

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

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

“You can be out of slavery and have the right to vote, but unless you have access to capital, industry and technology, you can't fulfill your dreams.”

“Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press.”

“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.”

“The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president. Obama has that voice. It has to be used.”

“I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never let go. Even worse, now the Republicans feel they can keep pushing and he will keep giving. They have not seen a stiff resistance on his part.”

“Many are observing Ferguson and witnessing the anger, demonstrations, looting and vandalism and calling for quiet. But quiet isn't enough. The absence of noise isn't the presence of justice - and we must demand justice in Ferguson and the other 'Fergusons' around America.”