While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
AL SHARPTONWe cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
-
-
I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
AL SHARPTON -
The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
AL SHARPTON -
I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
AL SHARPTON -
There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
AL SHARPTON -
I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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 -
Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
AL SHARPTON -
We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
AL SHARPTON -
We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
AL SHARPTON -
Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
AL SHARPTON -
I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
AL SHARPTON -
The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
AL SHARPTON -
You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
AL SHARPTON -
if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
AL SHARPTON -
I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
AL SHARPTON -
Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
AL SHARPTON -
People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
AL SHARPTON -
I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
AL SHARPTON -
Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
AL SHARPTON -
It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
AL SHARPTON -
But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
AL SHARPTON -
Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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 -
My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
AL SHARPTON -
We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
AL SHARPTON -
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 organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
AL SHARPTON