Alphonso Jackson Quotes

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

Business, Country, Small

I believe that if you are elderly, physically or mentally handicapped we have an obligation too you, but if you are able-bodied, you should be working.
Alphonso Jackson

Working, Obligation, Elderly

So, we're saying, if we can give developers and builders incentives to cut down on the regulatory barriers that are faced in this country, then we might be able to address the needs of affordable housing.
Alphonso Jackson

Saying, Down, Give

And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry out those responsibility.
Alphonso Jackson

Understand, Carry, Manager

In 1965, I marched for equality.
Alphonso Jackson

Equality, Marched

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

Education, Work, Good

The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing.
Alphonso Jackson

Forward, Moving, Single

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

School, Job, Law

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.
Alphonso Jackson

Yourself, America, Place

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

Long, Black, Country

And I always like to stress, it's not a quota, not a set-aside, it's not about race, it's about giving opportunities to demonstrate their abilities to do work with the Federal Government.
Alphonso Jackson

Work, Government, Stress

As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.
Alphonso Jackson

Home, Country, Less

But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in Federal Government.
Alphonso Jackson

Best, Government, Two

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

Success, Great, Society

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

Life, Half, Adult

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

Country, Mission, Decency

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

Government, Greatest, Serving

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

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

Decision, Move, Fast

One of the problems that we are confronted with is, when we decide to buy or build a home, we don't get a clear picture of what closing costs will be of that home.
Alphonso Jackson

Home, Problems, Picture

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

Education, Good, Great

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

Making, Sure, Functions

The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin.
Alphonso Jackson

History, Person, Her

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.
Alphonso Jackson

Work, Done, Simply

They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by this program is strengthening America.
Alphonso Jackson

America, Pride, Begin

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: September 9, 1945

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