One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
AL SHARPTONMy ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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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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We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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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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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
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We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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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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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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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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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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