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.
AL SHARPTONWe must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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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.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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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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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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How do you make things fair?
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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