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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.

Al Sharpton

The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
AL SHARPTON

Assumption Enough March People Protest Sense Stand
The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
AL SHARPTON

Balance Chamber Confirmation Enough Legislative Pushback Senate Unfortunate
If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
AL SHARPTON

Cause Much Own Play Theatric Way
But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
AL SHARPTON

Beautiful Believe Country March
We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
AL SHARPTON

Architecture Before Built Ever Got Knew Mathematics Over Philosophy Pyramind Taught
People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
AL SHARPTON

Age Dress People President Sure
The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
AL SHARPTON

Balck Dream Equal Everybody Everything Family House Make Put White
I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
AL SHARPTON

Believe Country Disagree Doe Enough Evidence Fine Grand Jury Racist Right Trail
I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
AL SHARPTON

Came Consent Decree Everbody Happen Side Tension Think Understood
As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
AL SHARPTON

Anyone Baptist Couple Else Gay Imoose Minister Right View
One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
AL SHARPTON

Community District Go Kind Nothing Offensive Thing Vast
I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
AL SHARPTON

Corner Enough Go Keep Never Quit Shine Sun Thing
Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
AL SHARPTON

City Country Crime Department Everywhere Go Police
That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
AL SHARPTON

Crook Forefather Mean Nothing Proud
I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
AL SHARPTON

America Black Stories
When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
AL SHARPTON

Boycott Deal Effective Enough Everyone Need

What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.

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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.

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