Quote by Jesse Jackson

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.

We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to beh

Summary

This quote suggests that there has been excessive emphasis on holding the government accountable for fair and democratic practices, which has diverted attention from nurturing the private sector â€“ the key source of jobs, wealth, and opportunities. The quote implies that while it is important to ensure governmental integrity, it is equally crucial to recognize the potential and significance of the private sector in driving economic growth and creating opportunities for individuals. By shifting focus towards promoting a robust private sector, a stronger base for employment, prosperity, and advancement can be established.

Topics

By Jesse Jackson

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this

The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reas

The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure.

In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed

In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. Yet, on the whole, our political process has served us well.

Edmund S. Muskie

It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit aroun

It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.

Substitute 'd--n' every time you're inclined to write 'very'

Substitute 'd--n' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of in

And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect. Yes, indeed, the dishonesty and trickery of intellect.

Pride Anna Karenina Stupidity Intellect Dishonesty Tolstoy Trickery

It felt like the first thing, but when I first started out,

It felt like the first thing, but when I first started out, I got a job adapting a book by Russell Banks called 'Rule Of The Bone.' I didn't do a very good job. I didn't really know what I was doing in general, let alone how to adapt a book.

Paul Thomas Anderson

Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is

Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well.

Henry Cabot Lodge

The ocean, after all, is not about stability but about chang

The ocean, after all, is not about stability but about change. Change is normal. Everything changes. All the time.

Science Nonfiction

There is no society known where a more or less developed cri

There is no society known where a more or less developed criminality is not found under different forms. No people exists whose morality is not daily infringed upon. We must therefore call crime necessary and declare that it cannot be non-existent, that the fundamental conditions of social organization, as they are understood, logically imply it.

I find that people find a way out of misery through humor an

I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery.

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.