Author: Jesse Jackson

Quotes

I'm too mature to be angry.

I'm too mature to be angry.

- Jesse Jackson

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

- Jesse Jackson

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

- Jesse Jackson

While I've spent a lot of quality time with my children, perhaps it's not been enough.

While I've spent a lot of quality time with my children, perhaps it's not been enough.

- Jesse Jackson

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.

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.

- Jesse Jackson

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.

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

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

- Jesse Jackson

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

- Jesse Jackson

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.

- Jesse Jackson

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