Jesse Jackson Quotes
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Jesse Jackson (8 October 1941 - 17 February 2026) was a prominent civil rights leader and politician. He is perhaps best known for the phrase "Keep hope alive!". Here are a dozen more of his quotations.
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.
Your children need your presence more than your presents.
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy.
Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rather than pushed by our memories.
You know, people'd always ask 'Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?' They never seen the house I'm running from.
Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.
