Al Sharpton Quotes

When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote.

I cannot run the political machine. I have enough on my hands without that. It is the people's business.

The Greens have every right to run, that's what democracy is, and they should argue their point by saying how they think people should vote, not by telling us to be silent.

I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular - your vote is your one weapon.

This election isn't about Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. It's about you. The other guys write $10 million checks and make $10,000 bets. But we've bet this campaign on you.

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

If you don't vote, you don't count.

Working people vote!

When we talk about fighting for our country, we're talking about our vote, our vote is our arms.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

In a democracy there are only two types of power: there's organized people and organized money, and organized money only wins when people aren't organized.

As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

It's heartening when people hear for the first time that their vote really matters.

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.

What's the point of elections if everything is already decided?

If you want a referendum, vote for the others. Or, in certain cases, you can stay at home, you don't vote and you could find yourself with a referendum by default because you didn't exercise your vote.

Political elections are not life and death.

I love election day, and I love to vote.

We must care more about bloodless revolutions called elections than about who wins the elections.

When women are pessimistic about their political strength and feel hopeless about changing the conditions of their lives, it is almost as if they do not believe that democracy means the country belongs to them. But it's true.

Vote Democratic. The party for you, not just the few.

Voters do not decide issues. They decide who will decide issues.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

We must demonstrate our power by exercising our right to vote.