As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
AL SHARPTONThe icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
-
-
Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
AL SHARPTON -
I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
AL SHARPTON -
We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
AL SHARPTON -
You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
AL SHARPTON -
The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
AL SHARPTON -
I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
AL SHARPTON -
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.
AL SHARPTON -
We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
AL SHARPTON -
If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
AL SHARPTON -
I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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 -
Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
AL SHARPTON -
Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
AL SHARPTON -
We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
AL SHARPTON -
I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
AL SHARPTON