Al Sharpton Quotes

If I want to make political decisions, I should stand for election. If I want to do something in the legal field, that's different; that is my - they are my qualifications, but you know, the politicians are the ones who stand up there and are answerable to the people.

A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested.

What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?

Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government.

There's a temptation not to vote at all as a protest, but it's definitely not a protest. In fact, all it does is keep the people in power in power, and I don't think they should be.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be.

I would sooner attack either of those gentlemen in the open street than consent to oppose any local appointment they might desire to make in their respective states.

Never you mind about the country, or about the state, or the city, or about the ward. You take care of your precinct.

I am not in Washington as a statesman. I am there as a very well paid messenger boy doing your errands. My chief occupation is going around with a forked stick picking up little fragments of patronage for my constituents.

When I was elected at age 27 to the New York City Council I immediately became Minority Leader. I was the only Republican.

Being a politician is a calling second only to being a minister.

Somebody is going to be making the laws for this entire country. It could be you. Will it be you?

Being a politician, I know how motivating it can be when the public is outraged.

I'm just an American citizen like everyone else and I'm not sitting at the power table in the room where it all happens.

Some city-council people are really awesome, but most are uninspired.

I'm an elected politician. If you don't agree with me, vote for somebody else.

I ran for political office in the Hamptons once in a war I was having with the village. I came in, there were four people running, and I came in around third. It was over my food market - they arrested me. I just wanted to go for office because I thought it would be an interesting to do.

Is it average Joes like ourselves who go to the ballot box and truly decide who are going to be the leaders, not only of their party - of their government - at the local, at the state, at the federal level? Is that really who's still in charge?

Liberal Democrat councillors have a well-deserved reputation for being fantastic community representatives, and these results are testament to the incredibly hard work of our existing councillors and our campaigners.

People elect their representatives from the Gram Panchayat to Parliament. They vest their will and hopes in these representatives. In turn, the people's representatives devote their lives to the service of nation.

A president's power is limited. We need to vote down the ballot as well, from your councilman all the way up to your governors and congressman.

I got my name in the hat for 2019 Mayor of Houston, Texas.

Electorates need a simple MLA, even if the person is a big leader.