National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
AL SHARPTONNational Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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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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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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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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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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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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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 understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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