We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
AL SHARPTONWe’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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During 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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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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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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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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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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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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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 won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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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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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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It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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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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Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.
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And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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How do you make things fair?
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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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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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