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.
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.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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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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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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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 don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico,
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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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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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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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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 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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