Al Sharpton Quotes

United States, Activist
October 3, 1954

Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, television/radio talk show host and a former White House adviser for President Barack Obama. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election. He hosts his own radio talk show, Keepin' It Real, and he makes regular guest appearances cable news television. In 2011, he was named the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation, a nightly talk show. In 2015, the program was shifted to Sunday mornings.

Now that they have achieved the capture of Hussein, they should appeal to the UN to come in with a multilateral redevelopment plan. This is all the more reason this war should come to an immediate end.

Al Sharpton
- War
Though there were over 200 policemen standing around, none of them made a move to grab him.

Al Sharpton

Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend. We were the ones that worked with Saddam Hussein. The United States worked with bin Laden.

Al Sharpton
- Today
- Friend
But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching, if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.

Al Sharpton
- America
- Beautiful
Clearly, President Bush lied. Now if he is an unconscious liar, and doesn't realize when he's lying, then we're really in trouble.

Al Sharpton
- Liar
'There is a systemic and methodical strategy to eliminate our people from doing business off 125th Street. I want to make it clear … that we will not stand by and allow them to move this brother so that some white interloper can expand his business.'

Al Sharpton
- People
- Business
- Brother
Jim Crow is old. That's not who I'm mindful of today. The problem is that Jim Crow has sons. The one we've got to battle is James Crow Jr., Esq. He's a little more educated. He's a little slicker. He's a little more polished, but the results are the same.

Al Sharpton
- Today
When he said he was going to stop the march and called it a hate march, I think that was very provocative. The Mayor's statements have created a climate that could possibly lead to some kind of confrontation.

Al Sharpton
- Hate
- Stop
- March

I want his children to know: wasn't anything strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to deal with.

Al Sharpton
- Children
I have no problem with Khalid Abdul Muhammad. My problem is with Giuliani. It is not Khalid who is talking hate. It's Rudy Giuliani.

Al Sharpton
- Hate
I suggest to you tonight that if George Bush had selected the Supreme court in '54, Clarence Thomas would have never got to law school.

Al Sharpton
- School
- Law
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.

Al Sharpton
- Believe
- Running
- Party
I disagree with Khalid Abdul Muhammad. I'm against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.… This is not a village of hate. It's a village of hope.… Don't let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem giants who will stand up for our children.

Al Sharpton
- Up
- Children
- Bad
They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin. Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.

Al Sharpton
- Up
- Gay

Mark Miller is my brother and I love him dearly.

Al Sharpton
- Brother
Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.

Al Sharpton
- City
- Police
'What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?'

Al Sharpton