Quotes from Linda Sarsour

I was on the steering committee of the New York City Coalition on Muslim School Holidays.

My work has always been rooted in nonviolence, as espoused by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

We are rooted in Kingian nonviolence.

I believe in a nonviolent movement of boycott, divestment, sanctions.

The progressive Left is sometimes very uncomfortable for staunch pro-Israel supporters, but what's very clear to me is that the progressive Left does not make Jews feel unsafe.

Dan Donovan was the district attorney at one point who could not indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, who choked Eric Garner on video, for the whole country to watch, for the whole world to watch. And he actually, immediately after that, won a seat in Congress. He beat a Democrat to get into Congress.

Alleviating suffering of the most marginalized communities must begin with assessing the needs of entire communities and allowing the most marginalized to lead the strategy. My belief is those closest to the pain are closest to the solution.

If you're on the side of the oppressor, or you're defending the oppressor, or you're actually trying to humanize the oppressor, then that's a problem.

I am the most optimistic organizer in this country.

You have to understand when you're organizing with women of color, you can't use words like 'marginalized' and 'second-class citizen' loosely.

Intersectional organizing is the new agenda. And if we're gonna lose, we're gonna lose together. If we win, we're gonna win together.

We will continue to organize. You have seen consistent organizing since the Women's March on Washington in every corner of this country.

I have my own support network of other organizers, activists, and attorneys.

I have no problem with people challenging my views and my positions. I want to be clear that I'm not asking anybody to stop challenging me. But I will not accept being called an anti-Semite.

There is no country in this world that is immune to violating human rights.

This idea of me being anti-Semitic is the most ludicrous of them all.

I'm the national co-chair for the Women's March on Washington.