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.
AL SHARPTONI 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.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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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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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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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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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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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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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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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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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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People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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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 O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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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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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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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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