Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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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 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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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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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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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
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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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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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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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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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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.
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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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