I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
AL SHARPTONI remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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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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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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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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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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As 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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