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

— Jesse Jackson

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.

— Jesse Jackson

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

— Jesse Jackson

God doesn't make orange juice God makes oranges.

— Jesse Jackson

Hold your head high stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes but morning comes. ... Keep hope alive.

— Jesse Jackson

I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.

— Jesse Jackson

If my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!

— Jesse Jackson

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

— Jesse Jackson

I'm too mature to be angry.

— Jesse Jackson

In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.

— Jesse Jackson