I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
AL SHARPTONIt seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
-
-
We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
AL SHARPTON -
We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
AL SHARPTON -
I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
AL SHARPTON -
I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
AL SHARPTON -
I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
AL SHARPTON -
If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
AL SHARPTON -
I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
AL SHARPTON -
You deal with their balance over the long run.
AL SHARPTON -
You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
AL SHARPTON -
I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
AL SHARPTON -
if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
AL SHARPTON -
But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
AL SHARPTON -
This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
AL SHARPTON -
It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
AL SHARPTON -
As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
AL SHARPTON