Al Sharpton Quotes

I put my energy, voice, and spirit into fighting for anybody who wants to speak their voice. I don't care what the right wing, the left wing, or the chicken wing has to say.

Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress.

When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals.

If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.

An activist is someone who makes an effort to see problems that are not being addressed and then makes an effort to make their voice heard. Sometimes there are so many things that it's almost impossible to make your voice heard in every area, but you can sure try.

The purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence.

Go out and speak for the inarticulate and submerged.

People want me to shut up, but I won't. I believe social change is possible; that's why I'm an activist.

I think my mom exposed me to the concept of using your voice for anything you care about.

I think it is important to speak out.

I want to act, if I can, as a bridge for people who read 'Shock Doctrine' or 'No Logo'. People who are sitting out for whatever reasons.

Whether you want to do a letter-writing campaign or a march or start a social media hashtag - whatever it is - know that there are people out there that are thinking exactly like you're thinking and are also afraid to take that next and very important step.

As I grew older and got into the late teens and early 20s, I wanted to be a voice of the people. You know, getting locked up all the time and going through so much oppression and seeing it all around myself, I wanted to be a voice for it.

Those that have a voice have to speak for those of us who are silenced.

Am I attracted to people who want to give other people a voice? Yes I am, and that may be a 'common denominator with the characters that I play.

I have a voice, and I'm going to keep using it.

I am the voice of the voiceless.

Toni Cade Bambara said: “Writing is the way I participate in the struggle.”

I want to continue to speak out on issues that matter to me. I want to have even more of a voice.

Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable.

I try to take what voice I have and I give it to those who don’t have one at all.

Fighting injustice keeps you young.

If the government fails to listen to your demands, then you will decide what is best for you.

I'm always the one with the activist friends. I've been an activist very little.

We can all become activists and raise questions.