I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
AL SHARPTONAs I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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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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I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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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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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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So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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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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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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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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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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