They tout the belief that if blacks want to succeed in this country, there is only one path: reliance on the government.
"Alphonso Jackson" served as the 13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). He was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 28, 2004 and confirmed by the Senate on March 31, 2004. Jackson announced his resignation on March 31, 2008.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous public servants! More Alphonso Jackson on Wikipedia.The Republican Party is committed to the basic principle that everyone deserves a chance to achieve the American Dream.
Yet critics on the left find it incomprehensible that any black American could succeed on his or her own through hard work and determination.
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.
The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.
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 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.
The so-called black leaders of this nation have convinced a large portion of the black community that blacks aren't capable of self-advancement.
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.
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