262 Quotes by Al Sharpton

Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.

I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.

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

When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.

The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy. The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.

Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.

I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.

We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.

Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.