Quotes by Alphonso Jackson - Page 1

In 1965, I marched for equality.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Equality
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Being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Mind
Poor
States
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For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Adults
Democrat
Firsts
Half
Adult
Adult Life
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I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
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Serving
Thinking
World
Government World Your
Greatest Thing
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But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Great Society
Realize
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I think that there will always be a need for Housing and Urban Development.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Housing
Urban
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So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Running
Function
Responsibility
Functions
Runs
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And for far too long, the Democrats have had a monopoly on black votes in this country.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Monopoly
Democrats
Votes
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And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Country
People
Small Business
Bulk
Business Country People
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Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
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Depends
Equalizer
Progress
School
Education Good Great
Black Americans
Good Schools
Schools
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After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Jobs
Leaving
School
Six
Years
Intentionally
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Analysis
Decision
Fast
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The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
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Education
Blame
Determination
Good Education
Hard Work
Lying
Victimization
Work Good Hard Work
Education Work Good
Lie
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HUD's mission is to provide decency and sanitary housing for low and moderate income people in this country.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Decency
Housing
Income
Sanitary
Mission
Low
Moderate
Provide
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I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
I Realized
Party
Republican
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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.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Class
Rights
Teamwork
Understand
Rise
Civil
Individually
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
America
Color
Low Income
Lift
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Done
Outsourcing
Should
Inside
Work Better Done
Part
Simply
Outside
Says
Where
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Elderly
Handicapped
Obligation
Believe I Believe I Believe That
Physically
Mentally
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Clear
Closing
Build
Picture
Buy
Confronted
One Of The Problems
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Home
African American
Country
Home Ownership
Ownership
Percent
African
African Americans
Hispanics
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Believe
Kind
Responsibility
Carry
Manager
Professionals
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Government
Convinced
Federal Government
Two
Workers
Years
Best Government World
Half Years
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
America
Pride
Program
School
Strengthening
Begin
Participate
Schools
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We believe that, by the time that we leave office, it will be institutionalized, and these programs will be addressing the needs and curing the problem that we set out to do.
Alphonso Jackson / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Office
Time Believe Will
Addressing
By The Time
Curing
Institutionalized
Programs
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Jobs
Administration
Color
Diverse
President
Qualifications
Skins
Skin
Basis
Bush
Bush Administration
Capabilities
Fills
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Opportunity
Federal Government
Quota
Race
Stress
Demonstrate
Opportunities
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Ability
Affordable
Affordable Housing
Agency
Decent
Housing
Moving
Moving Forward
Perspective
Safe
Single
Face
Challenge
Continue
Forward
Largest
Mission
Provide
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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 / Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Affordable
Affordable Housing
Barriers
Developers
Housing
Incentives
Address
Builders
Cut
Faced
Regulatory
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