In New York, you are competing with Times Square lights and all of that, so you've got to be 300 pounds and crazy to get anyone's attention. Then, you can refine yourself. I always knew under those 300 pounds and… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Demonstrations must be dignified and nonviolent, as the overwhelming protests in Ferguson and Staten Island have been. Do not confuse anarchists who don't want the system to work and thugs who want to exploit a situation with the majority who… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
We blacks had problems in the '60s and we solved them by marching. We've still got problems - let's march. — Al Sharpton Copy Share
When a mother or father is willing to pay smugglers and risk the lives of their own children by sending them on a dangerous… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
My message to everyone: the next time you hear about migrant children near the border, just picture them as your own. Then think what… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls. — Al Sharpton Copy Share
I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
I'm very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we've got to organize like we have never… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
I do believe the Democratic party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
I need to hear something about how he's going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
The Democratic Party hasn't whipped anybody into a frenzy. The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
The resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder is met with both pride and disappointment by the Civil Rights community. We are proud that he… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
I can call a march, and thousands come out, and I happen to have access to the White House at the same time. — Al Sharpton Copy Share
I've learned how to measure what I say. Al Sharpton in 1986 was trying to be heard. I was a local guy and was… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
