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 SHARPTONIt 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.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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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 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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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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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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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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