I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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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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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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