I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
AL SHARPTONWe must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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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
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Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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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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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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