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.
AL SHARPTONI have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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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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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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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.
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I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
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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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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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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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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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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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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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