And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
AL SHARPTONJohn Lewis is an icon in our society.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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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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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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It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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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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If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.
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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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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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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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