Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Al Sharpton
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
Film Actor
Human Rights Activist
Minister
Politician
Radio Personality
Television Presenter
Brooklyn
New York
Alfred Charles Al Sharpton
Jr.
Seen
Turns
Keep
Enough
Corner
Going
Corners
Things
Shining
Sun
Turn

More quotes by Al Sharpton

Image
I disagree with Muhammad. I'm against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia. This is not a village of hate. It's a village of hope. Don't let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
Al Sharpton
Image
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
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 conscience of this nation.
Al Sharpton
Image
While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe America anything - America owes us.
Al Sharpton
Image
Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
Al Sharpton
Image
I haven't done the things I've done to be in a sitcom.
Al Sharpton
Image
It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity, I'm willing to make some sacrifices. And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
Al Sharpton
Image
The GOP's freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?
Al Sharpton
Image
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 Sharpton
Image
The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
Al Sharpton
Image
If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey... then I should be praised for it, and it's more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
Al Sharpton
Image
When we look back at the last years of justice department, some of the most important work that will define its legacy is the work that was done to address the problem of policing reform. Almost two dozen investigations across the country over the last eight years into - not just Baltimore, but Chicago and Baltimore and New Orleans.
Al Sharpton
Image
I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
Al Sharpton
Image
Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
Al Sharpton
Image
I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
Al Sharpton
Image
We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
Al Sharpton
Image
Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
Al Sharpton
Image
This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
Al Sharpton
Image
If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he's seeing a crime. He's not seeing a person standing.
Al Sharpton
Image
I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
Al Sharpton