Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
AL SHARPTONI’ve seen too much in life to give up.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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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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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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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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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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