Quotes from Al Sharpton

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.

Throughout my years championing for civil rights, analyzing politics and advocating on behalf of the voiceless, I am disturbed the most when harmless children suffer because of politics or detrimental policies.

The horrific cases in Ferguson, in Staten Island with the death of Eric Garner, and all across the country serve as stark reminders that we must have a say in who polices us, and how that policing is done. We must, we must, let our voices be heard on Election Day.

Countries around the world have their own immigration laws and methods of dealing with a recurring theme: desperate people searching for peace from volatile parts of the world. And nations everywhere thrive and prosper from the contributions of immigrants and the children of immigrants - including right here in the U.S.

All women, regardless of her economic status or racial background, have a right to vote, and no politician or regressive law should prevent her from doing so.

It is up to us to change laws on the books like 'Stand Your Ground' laws and push elected officials to enact regulations that hold police officers to the same standards as the rest of society. This is why we vote.

We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.

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

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

In order to establish peace, you must have fair justice for everyone.

Civilians are arrested every single day - including innocent ones - and they must wait until their day in court in order to argue their side of the story. Police officers must be subjected to the same rules.

We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality.

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.

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

The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house.

My message to everyone: the next time you hear about migrant children near the border, just picture them as your own. Then think what you would want our government to do.

If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.

We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.

While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe America anything - America owes us.

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

My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.

I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down the apartheid flag and raise the new flag.

I could have easily been a statistic. Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., it was easy - a little too easy - to get into trouble. Surrounded by poor schools, lack of resources, high unemployment rates, poverty, gangs and more, I watched as many of my peers fell victim to a vicious cycle of diminished opportunities and imprisonment.