Jesse Jackson

“America is not like a blanket—one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt—many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven together by a common thread…. all of us fit in somewhere.”  [in a July 16, 1984 speech to the Democratic National Convention]

“Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.”

“Nothing about our faith makes us pain-proof. It does hurt. It does make us cry. And we must dry our eyes and continue the work until our time is finished.”

“Where there is hope there is life, where there is life there is possibility, and where there is possibility change can occur.”