Quote

It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.

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.
King
Forgotten
Picture
Kings
Simply
Vision
Promoted
Bigs
Ignore
Seems
Chosen

More quotes by Al Sharpton

Image
I just released an op-ed in the Washington Post that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card, a picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
Al Sharpton
Image
How do you make things fair?
Al Sharpton
Image
But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching, if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
Al Sharpton
Image
We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
Al Sharpton
Image
This is not about what party you're part of. This is about right and wrong, ... the conscience of this nation.
Al Sharpton
Image
I've seen too much in life to give up.
Al Sharpton
Image
I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
Al Sharpton
Image
I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
Al Sharpton
Image
When you're dealing with boycotts, you don't need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
Al Sharpton
Image
First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment. When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
Al Sharpton
Image
We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
Al Sharpton
Image
If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
Al Sharpton
Image
You can't get a solution if you won't talk to the people that have the problem. You can't ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
Al Sharpton
Image
I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don't be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering. If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I'd still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
Al Sharpton
Image
People in the age of [President] Obama don't dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That's for sure.
Al Sharpton
Image
John Lewis is an icon in our society.
Al Sharpton
Image
I can't see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
Al Sharpton
Image
The GOP's freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?
Al Sharpton
Image
My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy, Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.
Al Sharpton
Image
What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
Al Sharpton