National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
AL SHARPTONJohn Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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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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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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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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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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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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This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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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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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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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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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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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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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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