Shirley Sherrod

When I look in the mirror I see someone who's aging now, and someone who kept a commitment made many, many years…

— Shirley Sherrod

You have to approach people with the truth and with love, and with what's right. I was determined to get the truth…

— Shirley Sherrod

If you're in government service for the money, then you'll do what you have to do to survive. But if you're in…

— Shirley Sherrod

You can't give up. Sometimes you get knocked down, but you have to get back up, fighting. You have to think about…

— Shirley Sherrod

I grew up on a farm and, prior to my father's murder, I wanted to get away from the farm, and away…

— Shirley Sherrod

I am just a pawn. I was just here. They are after a bigger thing, they would love to take us back…

— Shirley Sherrod

I love helping other people. When I made a commitment to stay in the South, to work for change, it meant devoting…

— Shirley Sherrod

I wish that somehow, some way we could learn to live together in this country.

— Shirley Sherrod

I've remained a supporter of the Obama administration, even at the height of my ordeal. There's a lot that he could do…

— Shirley Sherrod

Dr. King has long been my hero. I didn't get to work with him much, but my husband did in the early…

— Shirley Sherrod

The traditional farm, the peanuts, the cotton, the corn, is probably not the thing to do, because you're up against big farmers…

— Shirley Sherrod

I want the world to know that Shirley Sherrod is someone who is committed to helping others. I love people, and I…

— Shirley Sherrod

Given the way the system was, what could I do as I one person, other than devote my life to fighting to…

— Shirley Sherrod

We have landowners, small growers. We have people who are holding onto land that was acquired by their families after slavery. They…

— Shirley Sherrod

The news of Mr. Breitbart’s death came as a surprise to me when I was informed of it this morning. My prayers…

— Shirley Sherrod