Alphonso Jackson Quotes

In 1965, I marched for equality.

America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are.

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.

They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by this program is strengthening America.

The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin.

The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.

The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing.

And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry out those responsibility.

But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in Federal Government.

So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well.

And I always like to stress, it's not a quota, not a set-aside, it's not about race, it's about giving opportunities to demonstrate their abilities to do work with the Federal Government.

As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand.

The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it.

I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world.

And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.

I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality.