262 Quotes by Al Sharpton

We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.

We cannot afford to put billions of dollars into foreign adventures while we watch schools crumble in the United States.

As I stood and gave the eulogy for young Michael Brown last week, I kept thinking about the fact that this child should have been in college instead of laying in a coffin.

What happens in New Orleans will affect voting rights all over the United States.

Following Michael Brown's death, I went to Ferguson and met with his parents. I stood with them as they tried to hold their heads high and deal with both their immense loss and the larger issues of police-community relations.

We're going to use this Amadou Diallo case to stop this in these United States once and for all. Just like we needed the federal government to come into Alabama and Mississippi 30 years ago, we need the federal government to come into New York to deal with the police today.

If the black vote does not come out in big numbers in the age of Ferguson and voter ID, it will empower our adversaries and enhance our marginalization.

We want arrests. We want indictments. We want prosecution.

We want all of these policeman to face justice.