I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
AL SHARPTONSenator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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I just released an op-ed in the “Washington Post” that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card.
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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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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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How do you make things fair?
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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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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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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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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If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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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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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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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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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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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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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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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 won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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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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