John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
AL SHARPTONBill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
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I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
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I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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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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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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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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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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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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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.
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If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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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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