We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
AL SHARPTONHaiti 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.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
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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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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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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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The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
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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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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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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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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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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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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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If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
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