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.
AL SHARPTONPeople working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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How do you make things fair?
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I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
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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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If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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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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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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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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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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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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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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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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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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The GOP’s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?
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I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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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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Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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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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