262 Quotes by Al Sharpton

If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.

We are engaged in immediate conversations with the White House on deliberations over a successor whom we hope will continue in the general direction of Attorney General Holder.

I haven't done the things I've done to be in a sitcom. There were discussions between Paramount and someone else for a television series, but they have ended. I'm not interested in being Archie Bunker, I'm looking forward to becoming George Bush.

When people discuss the 1960s and the great Civil Rights Era, they often speak in romantic terms as if there wasn't immense work put in, and as if there wasn't immense sacrifice that took place. But none of those battles were easily fought and won; there were sustained movements behind them.

Clearly Bush has become that, especially after Katrina, ... We've gone from fire hoses to levees.

When we look at the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and the tragic death of Michael Brown, we are reminded of the importance of who we elect to our city councils, who sits on our local board of education committees, who we pick to represent us in Congress, in the Senate and more.

but I also see him evolving into a new generation.

We're going to show up and turn around this country. This is not the end of the day, this is the beginning of a regeneration of a movement.

I could have easily been a statistic. Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., it was easy - a little too easy - to get into trouble. Surrounded by poor schools, lack of resources, high unemployment rates, poverty, gangs and more, I watched as many of my peers fell victim to a vicious cycle of diminished opportunities and imprisonment.