262 Quotes by Al Sharpton

  • Author Al Sharpton
  • Quote

    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.

  • Share

  • Author Al Sharpton
  • Quote

    I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.

  • Share

  • Author Al Sharpton
  • Quote

    The GOP’s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?

  • Share

  • Author Al Sharpton
  • Quote

    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.

  • Share

  • Author Al Sharpton
  • Quote

    As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way.

  • Share

  • Author Al Sharpton
  • Quote

    I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.

  • Share

  • Author Al Sharpton
  • Quote

    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.

  • Share

  • Author Al Sharpton
  • Quote

    I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.

  • Share

  • Author Al Sharpton
  • Quote

    If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?

  • Share