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.
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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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
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Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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I 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.
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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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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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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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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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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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