I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
AL SHARPTONIf you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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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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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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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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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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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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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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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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