Top 87 Quotes by Al Sharpton

About Al Sharpton

These are some quotes by American author Al Sharpton Activist, who was born on October 3, 1954.

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

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

Al Sharpton

You don't need any indictment in order to arrest someone; probable cause is sufficient to arrest civilians, so it must be enough to arrest police.

You don't need any indictment in order to arrest someone; probable cause is sufficient to arrest civilians, so it must be enough to arrest police.

Al Sharpton

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

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

Al Sharpton

There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those in suburbs or wealthy neighborhoods. If we truly believe in giving all citizens a chance to pursue happiness and pursue their goals, then we cannot continue to marginalize entire groups of people.

Al Sharpton

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.

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.

Al Sharpton

I'm never going to be fat - never again. I'm going to make it easy on my pallbearers.

I'm never going to be fat - never again. I'm going to make it easy on my pallbearers.

Al Sharpton

In Ferguson, there are witnesses who say Brown had his hands up when he was shot. That should be enough probable cause to go to trial to then determine if Officer Wilson is guilty or not. It is at trial that he can then defend himself and his attorneys can present their own witnesses and their own defense.

Al Sharpton

I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war march.

I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war march.

Al Sharpton

Like myself, President Obama is the father of two daughters. He understands the obstacles that they face as women, but he also understands the emergency of the state of young black men in America.

Like myself, President Obama is the father of two daughters. He understands the obstacles that they face as women, but he also understands the emergency of the state of young black men in America.

Al Sharpton

James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had.

James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had.

Al Sharpton

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