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.
AL SHARPTONAmerica has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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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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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 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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