We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
Source: Address to Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, 17 Jul 1984.
-- Jesse Jackson, (Oct 8 1941-____), US civil rights leader, minister, politician; He was the first black man to make a serious bid for the U.S. presidency in the Democratic Party's nomination races in 1983-84 and 1987-88.