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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

if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
AL SHARPTON

Beautiful Believe Everybody Kept Voting
I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
AL SHARPTON

Governor Hard Holler Hoot Say Want Yourself
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
And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
AL SHARPTON

Divide Nation Right Stronger Ultimate
I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
AL SHARPTON

Area Dramatical Feel President Remember Something Think Urban Yesterday
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
John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
AL SHARPTON

Almost Beat Door Force Inch Life Terrible
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.
AL SHARPTON

Acre After Commitment Emancipation Give Mute Proclamation Sign True
I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
AL SHARPTON

Appear Back Begin Believe Cautious Made Place Progress Roll Thing
I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
AL SHARPTON

All Biography Fiction Kind People Philosophy Rarely Read
Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
AL SHARPTON

Another Confront Era King Place Principles Generation Took Universal
They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
AL SHARPTON

Adultery Constitution Gay Sin Tired
I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
AL SHARPTON

Bring Challenge Constant Go Hear King People Something Spirit Together
I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
AL SHARPTON

Concern Except Express Fact Say Session
It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
AL SHARPTON

Action Bring Program Time Volume
Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
AL SHARPTON

Ask Call Charge People Us Victim
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
Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
AL SHARPTON

Balance Bet Black Country Like Many Nation Operate Show Talk Told
We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
AL SHARPTON

Divide Forward Move
The GOP’s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?
AL SHARPTON

Anyone Freak Iowa Month Stop Two
There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
AL SHARPTON

Democrat Lot Seen Time White
People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
AL SHARPTON

Age Dress People President Sure
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.
AL SHARPTON

Broken Consent Country Decree Department Help Long Place Police Reform Work
I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
AL SHARPTON

Activist Anything Done Known Preach Way
My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
AL SHARPTON

Challenge Challenges Dad President
I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
AL SHARPTON

Already Country Hell
If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
AL SHARPTON

Cop Crime Gun Person Run Stand Store

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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