John Lewis is an icon in our society.
AL SHARPTONIf I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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 have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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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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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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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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I love theology and some philosophy.
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We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
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I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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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 think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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