American - Activist | October 3, 1954 -
I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down the apartheid flag and raise the new flag.
Al Sharpton
DownNewFlagAfricaFirstTake
Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend.
FriendTodayTomorrowWhoDefines
During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
TimeSayingChristianMeetRight
National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
ActionCountryGroupOverAround
The right wing always mobilizes around constitutional amendments: the right to bear arms, school prayer.
PrayerSchoolBearRightAlways
I could take all the cartoons in the tabloid newspapers, but I couldn't take my daughter punching me in the belly and asking why I was so fat. That was my inspiration to lose the weight. And probably the last time anyone hurt my feelings.
DaughterTimeMeHurtFatLose
If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
HealthCareWhyRightCarryRifle
I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.
LovePeoplePhilosophyFictionKinds
I do believe the Democratic party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
BelieveClothesPartyRightDonkey
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.
WorkGreatRomanticSacrificePeople
Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
MeKindHimLeadWhereverGuy
Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
CommitmentKingNon-ViolenceUsedDr
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Al Sharpton quotes