In 1965, I marched for equality.

- Alphonso Jackson

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

- Alphonso Jackson

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

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

- Alphonso Jackson

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

The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, n…

- Alphonso Jackson

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,…

- Alphonso Jackson

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 t…

- Alphonso Jackson

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

- Alphonso Jackson