What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.
Jesse JacksonIn order for an ideal to become a reality, there must be a person, a personality to translate it.
Jesse JacksonGreat things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.
Jesse JacksonRacism as a form of skin worship, and as a sickness and a pathological anxiety for America, is so great, until the poor whites -- rather than fighting for jobs or education -- fight to remain pink and fight to remain white. And therefore they cannot see an alliance with people that they feel to be inherently inferior.
Jesse Jackson