We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
AL SHARPTONThey 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.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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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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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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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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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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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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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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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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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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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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