Jesse Jackson Quotes

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice.

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.

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

I'm looking to be shot any time I step out of my car ... If I die, it will be in a good cause. I've been fighting for America just as much as the soldiers in Vietnam.

Those who protest at injustice are people of true merit.

If it is decreed that I should go down because of this speech, then let me go down linked to the truth—let me die in the advocacy of what is just and right.

The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change.

The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity.

There is little more powerful than when truth joins action.

I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

Our duty is to stand up for those who do the right thing.

I can give you nothing but my life. I wish that my last breath might be of use to my fellow citizens and that my head'[after she was guillotined], carried through Paris, might be a signal to rally all the friends of justice …. I have shown you the way. You know your enemies. Arise, march, and strike!

I am willing to give my life as a martyr in order to get a fair trial …

There was a price paid for the freedom that we have. And that price was paid in blood…. Somebody paid a price for us to have access to that ballot box.

It is praiseworthy, it is noble and sublime, to avenge Nature when it has been outraged by tyranny. Nothing can compare with the greatness of such action and, even if desolation and death are the reward of such a glorious endeavor, there is no reason to condemn it, for it is not the easily attainable that should be undertaken, but that which justice demands that we do.

It is better to speak up for your rights and then die… I am not afraid of death now. I have seen death…. My death would further the cause of education.

We have to be willing to give our lives to put an end to segregation. If we do, then segregation will end even if we die.

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. They're always misunderstood, but they're the ones who are standing up for human rights.

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does.