The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
AL SHARPTONDuring my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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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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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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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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When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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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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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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