Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
AL SHARPTONI’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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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.
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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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