Jesse Jackson

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#change #change things #courage #does #initiative

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. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#before #came #down #history #many

Keep hope alive! ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#hope #keep

America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#choose #greed #inspired #needs #over

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. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#cannot #death #intimidated #jail #man

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#depression #lazy #unemployed #whites

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#drunk #indifferent #make #must #open

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#born #great #great things #happen #jackson

I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me - toasted and buttered on both sides. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#back #both #both sides #bread #buttered

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

— Jesse Jackson

#memories #must #our #our dreams #pulled