Al Sharpton Quotes

We live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach.

America is not another word for Opportunity to all her sons.

You cannot say you've achieved equality until EVERYONE is equal and has equal opportunities!

Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised.

When the fruits of civilization, created by all, are enjoyed in common by all, then civilization is secure. Not till then.

I want my kids to grow up in a world where everybody gets a fair shot.

Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.

I'm most passionate about, you know, making everybody understand that we should all have equal access on this earth.

The erosion of equal opportunity is among the greatest threats to our exceptionalism as a nation. But it also provides us with an exciting and historic opportunity: to help more people than ever achieve the American Dream.

Because this is a country where everyone deserves the same freedom and opportunities to fulfill their dreams.

I believe this country was built on a simple promise: that each of us deserves a fair shot.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

Everybody has equal opportunity, and I think that is true for everything.

It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it?

Technology can be a great equalizer when it comes to health care, education - to the point where rich, poor, middle class can all get the same benefits.

Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.

Our work to provide equal opportunities for all Americans should be a year-round mission.

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

All children should have equal opportunities.

Economic inequality is less troubling if you live in a country where any child, no matter how humble his or her origins, can grow up to be president.

Our aim is a totally new and just constitutional dispension in which every inhabitant will enjoy equal rights, treatment and opportunity in every sphere of endeavour—constitutional, social and economic.

A man does not have to like me to work by my side, or in my employ or to be my next-door neighbor. But he does not have the right to limit my opportunities for employment or my choice of housing.

If you wish the Jews to become better men and useful citizens, then banish every humiliating restriction, open to them every avenue of gaining a livelihood.

We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to women as freely as to men. If you ask me what offices they may fill, I reply -- any. I do not care what case you put; let them be sea captains, if you will.

We [Chicago] are known as the city that works. You gotta make sure it works for everybody and not just a few.