Jesse Jackson Quotes About Opportunity

Quotes about: Opportunity

• Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet

  Jesse Jackson

  Opportunity, Preparation, Luck

• When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.

  Jesse Jackson

  Opportunity, Swings, Doors

• What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

  Jesse Jackson

  Dream, Opportunity, Law

• For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before.

  Jesse Jackson

  Heart, Opportunity, Race

  "Jesse Jackson on Obama: 'He struggled to create hope - and succeeded'". Interview with Lisa O'Kelly, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2012.

• We’ve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.

  Jesse Jackson

  Jobs, Opportunity, Government

  "Jesse Jackson: the Mother Jones Interview". Interview with Douglas Foster, www.motherjones.com. March 2000.

• The crisis is not an opportunity to change the character of Louisiana's political order. We must not use the crisis to turn Louisiana into a red state -- this is a rainbow state.

  Jesse Jackson

  Character, Opportunity, Order

• Each time a barrier falls for one person, the doors of opportunity open wider for every other American.

  Jesse Jackson

  Fall, Opportunity, Doors

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