Al Sharpton Quotes

The period of radical reform is finished.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.

America needs rebooting.

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

The more revolutions occur, the less things change.

We must not just change presidents. We must change direction.

Time and changes in the condition and constitution of society may require occasional and corresponding modifications

Most governments and people want reform. It’s the prospect of change that makes reform rare.

Real freedom will require many changes in the nation’s political and social philosophies and institutions.

There are a lot of things that need correcting in this country, but there is not the slightest use of feeling over-pessimistic about it..

You have to get an individual who's willing to actually struggle with the system to change it. As long as you have people who - to make substantive changes, to make infrastructure changes.

Revolutions are all based on the false idea that humans and their nature can be changed.

Many of my supporters, they want to change the system, and they are not in favor of the establishment.

We need a coalition in this country. A coalition of change. People who have had enough of this.

Americans understand that the game is rigged, and they've had enough of it. They're ready to fight back. They want a Washington that works for them, i think that people are getting more engaged, politically, and they're seeing through a lot of the rhetoric that politicians have been throwing out there for a long time. They want to see some real change, and I think that's what we need to work on.

France, of course, doesn't need anyone. I don't believe in saviors. But the way in which our country is governed needs to change radically. That starts with the politicians and goes right up to our electoral system and beyond. What we need is a fundamental renewal.

I'm fighting for real change, not just partisan change where everybody else gets rich but you. I'm fighting all of us across the country are fighting for peaceful regime change in our own country. The media donor political complex that's bled this country dry has to be replaced with a new government of, by, and for the people.

In order to change the system, we need to change our ideas.

The goal is to talk about the issues that are happening in the USA with the ultimate goal of making change. Not just some rebellious act that we're trying to have against our country.

It's not just enough to change the president if we want to change America.

I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.

Most revolutionaries are potential Tories, because they imagine that everything can be put right by altering the shape of society; once that change is effected, as it sometimes is, they see no need for any other.

I spend as little time with lawmakers as possible. Many are great. And more than you expect want real change. But they're not going to do anything till we, the outsiders, force them to adopt it.

I say the elite looks out of touch because it's kind of saying; look we'll manage all this for you. You know, we know best. We'll sort it all out for you. And then because people believe that doesn't meet their case for change and they want real change, social media and the way the relationship between people can come into a sense of belonging very quickly, that then is itself a revolutionary phenomenon. You see this around the world.