Jesse Jackson Quotes


We must know the difference between sweat and tears. Sweat is wet. Tears are wet. Sweat is salty. Tears are salty. But progress comes through sweat. Progress never came through tears.


Citations

Jackson, Jesse. Straight from the Heart. Edited by Roger D. Hatch and Frank E. Watkins, Fortress Press, 1987, p. 30.

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Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
  • Born: October 8, 1941
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Activist

Jesse Louis Jackson is an American political activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997.