Jesse Jackson Quotes

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty, and a belief in the right that makes epochs in the history of the world.

I've spent eight years in Congress avoiding moral language. I represent a swing district. I believe profoundly in not challenging the motives of your opponents. But more and more, we're in a world where leaders have to speak up, and speak in strong moral terms.

In a president, character is everything. A president doesn't have to be brilliant... He doesn't have to be clever; you can hire clever... You can hire pragmatic, and you can buy and bring in policy wonks. But you cant buy courage and decency, you cant rent a strong moral sense. A president must bring those things with him. He needs to have, in that much maligned word, but a good one nonetheless, a vision of the future he wishes to create.. But a vision is worth little if a president doesn't have the character - the courage and heart - to see it through.

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too.

In my presidency I've been guided by what's right, not what's popular.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

Every leader has the responsibility to hone his or her integrity. Many times, there are integrity traps that have a tendency to catch well-meaning leaders off guard.

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

The President was a responsibility beyond that of managing the government. He has a responsibility as a moral leader.

He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it.

Leadership is not manifested by coercion, even against the resented. Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.

The world is yearning for strong leadership and moral clarity; someone who knows the difference between good and bad.

Any societal platform needs a bold steward, willing to hold the moral compass and risk failure. A system steward must persist as a positive catalyst that continuously creates opportunities and sustains the grammar of the intent.

There are no good and bad peoples; there are only leaderships that behave responsibly or insanely.

Our world desperately needs real leadership.

Leaders can be moral-and they should be moral-without imposing their morality on others.

Leaders must live by higher standards than their followers.

We need moral leadership and courage in our world.

I decide on the basis of conscience. A genuine leader doesn't reflect consensus, he molds consensus.

My guiding principle as president has been to try to do the right thing even when it's not politically convenient.

Leaders should be the chief repenters.

A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.

Ma’at demands a leader.” “Yeah so I’ve heard.