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.
AL SHARPTONI just released an op-ed in the “Washington Post” that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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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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I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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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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Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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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.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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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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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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