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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.

Al Sharpton

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.
AL SHARPTON

Child Could Ghetto Governor Hope Look President Ran State Walk Across
The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
AL SHARPTON

Activist Cause Change Job People Social Tense
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.
AL SHARPTON

Discrimination Inequality Long Often Racism Saturate Say Simple Slavery Way
I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
AL SHARPTON

Advance Appear Clearly Consent Express Right Session State Use
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.
AL SHARPTON

Address Feel Fire Hold Issue Think Well
How do you make things fair?
AL SHARPTON

Fair Make Thing
We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
AL SHARPTON

Become Community Country Individual Must Represent Staes United
I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
AL SHARPTON

Done Haven Sitcom Thing
If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
AL SHARPTON

Care Constitution Grandma Health Rifle Right
While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
AL SHARPTON

Country Flag Part Patriotism Understand Wave
When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
AL SHARPTON

Boycott Deal Effective Enough Everyone Need
I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
AL SHARPTON

Already Country Hell
Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
AL SHARPTON

Absolute Advocate Believe City People Consent Decree Department Police Right Thing
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 SHARPTON

Comfortable Community Discomfort Effective Help Load Opinion Oppress Profess Try
We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
AL SHARPTON

Crow Deal Defeat Esquire Son
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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Age Baptist Christ Church God Later Minister Ordination

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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