I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to. — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I think you don't support people based on one or two cases of situations. You deal with their balance over the long… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy. — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country. — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone. — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation's capital to protect the… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment. When you look… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
My organization, National Action Network (NAN), was on the ground talking and meeting with people in Ferguson, just as we did in… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
If it weren't for the mentorship and guidance from people like my mother, James Brown and others, I wouldn't have been able… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, "Rather than have the… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
From racial profiling and being pulled over just for 'driving while black' to this new phenomenon of killing unarmed people out of… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts. I think it gives a symbolic boost, as… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I don't think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice. What I profess to do is help the… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
America can't work for only some people and become a dream for all people. It has to work for everyone. And even… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I just released an op-ed in the "Washington Post" that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D.,… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Countries around the world have their own immigration laws and methods of dealing with a recurring theme: desperate people searching for peace… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I never aspired to the local political fiefdom thing that a lot of people ascribed me to. I saw myself as a… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
When people discuss the 1960s and the great Civil Rights Era, they often speak in romantic terms as if there wasn't immense… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I'm projected as an ambulance chaser, but I'm more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come… I have… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don't want to be sued by the justice department, as if… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
It's a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I knew from the age of four that I wanted to preach. I didn't even consider it strange that grown people were… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I need to hear something about how he's going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr.,… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
The Democratic Party hasn't whipped anybody into a frenzy. The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he'll… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I've gone from, you know, being too close to politicians, to being too close to entertainers, and people's father that I'm not. — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
People in the age of [President] Obama don't dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That's for sure. — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
You can't get a solution if you won't talk to the people that have the problem. You can't ever have healing if… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
In 1999, I was in St. Louis with Martin Luther King III as we led protests against the state's failure to hire… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don't want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.” quote by Al Sharpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d2a/al-sharpton-2091_cities_senator-jeff-sessions-says-people-cities_2565785.jpg)
![“Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.” quote by Al Sharpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ee9/al-sharpton-2091_baltimore_let-me-just-say-that-we-are-under-the-co_2805355.jpg)
![“People in the age of [President] Obama don't dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That's for sure.” quote by Al Sharpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4c3/al-sharpton-2091_age_people-in-the-age-of-president-obama-don_3034226.jpg)
