Jesse Jackson Quotes

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics.

Compassion is not a sloppy sentimental feeling for people ... it is an absolutely practical belief that regardless of a person's background, ability or ability to pay, he should be provided with the best that society has to offer.

History will judge societies and governments — and their institutions — not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless.

It is right to be forward in the defense of the poor; no system that is not just as between rich and poor can hope to survive.

Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.

I do believe in humanism, and I believe that we should treat each other with respect and care and look after each other. All human beings should have an equal chance to survive in society, and inequality is a big problem in society.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

Without an advocate for the poor, without a new state of mind in America, the country lies on the brink of anarchy.

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.

I believe that... every one of God's creatures was created equal. I believe that everyone should be treated equal, that's the way I was raised and that's the way I live my life.

What this denomination stands for is, really, is the universal vision of all people being treated fairly under the law as God sees us in His sight.

I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor.

We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.

I think it is incumbent on all human beings to oppose injustice in every form.

It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

It's not a bad thing fighting for equality and helping the poor. It's not a bad thing to have on your professional tombstone: 'He believed in equality and he helped the poor.'

Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it.

If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside.

We are thus brought to a conception of Democracy not merely as a sentiment which desires the well-being of all men, nor yet as a creed which believes in the essential dignity and equality of all men, but as that which affords a rule of living as well as a test of faith.

I want to be the voice and the vision for the poor and the powerless.

Islam does not command us to fight against other religions but against oppression and poverty.

In the Guru's house religion and worldly enjoyment shall be combined—the caldron to supply the poor and the needy, and the scimitar to smite the oppressors.

Yet she's only as rich as the poorest of the poor Only as free as a padlocked prison door Only as strong as our love for this land Only as tall as we stand!