I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
AL SHARPTONMy ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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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.
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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.
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John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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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.
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I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
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