Alphonso Jackson Quotes

HUD's mission is to provide decency and sanitary housing for low and moderate income people in this country.

So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well.

And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.

America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are.

For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.

You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand.

And for far too long, the Democrats have had a monopoly on black votes in this country.

Being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.

I think that there will always be a need for Housing and Urban Development.

In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move.

In 1965, I marched for equality.

The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.

I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality.

I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world.

The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it.

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success.